An alternate Vision for Space Exploration

Published: May 01, 2006
Source: www.thespacereview.com



NASA's plan for implementing the Vision for Space Exploration requires developing major new launch vehicles and other hardware, efforts that may already be encountering problems.
Eric Hedman offers an alternative approach, one that emphasizes better use of the International Space Station and more opportunities for the commercial sector.

The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) may be in trouble. The recently leaked internal NASA LRA-0 study report on the problems with the Exploration Systems Architecture Study (ESAS), posted on nasaspaceflight.com and later retracted, is disturbing. Shrinking capabilities due to cost projections for developing the original design is making me wonder if it is the right plan for carrying out the Vision.

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