NASA may buy Japan's transport spacecraft

[js117]

<p>NASA may buy&nbsp; Japans's H-2 Transfer vehicle HTV to as the successor to it's space shuttle which will</p><p>retire in 2010. This is to get cargo to the ISS.</p><p>This HTV is untested&nbsp; and so is there&nbsp;rocket&nbsp;H-2B&nbsp;to put it into orbit.</p><p>&nbsp;I would like to see them use the&nbsp; Europe's&nbsp; ATV which is currently docked&nbsp; to ISS&nbsp; now.&nbsp;</p><p>This is tested&nbsp; and works great.</p><p>The only problem with Europe's ATV is it uses the Russia's&nbsp; docking system only.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>NASA may buy&nbsp; Japans's H-2 Transfer vehicle HTV to as the successor to it's space shuttle which willretire in 2010. This is to get cargo to the ISS.This HTV is untested&nbsp; and so is there&nbsp;rocket&nbsp;H-2B&nbsp;to put it into orbit.&nbsp;I would like to see them use the&nbsp; Europe's&nbsp; ATV which is currently docked&nbsp; to ISS&nbsp; now.&nbsp;This is tested&nbsp; and works great.The only problem with Europe's ATV is it uses the Russia's&nbsp; docking system only.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />Posted by js117</DIV><br /><br />Also it is smaller, IIRC. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[Cygnus_2112]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>NASA may buy&nbsp; Japans's H-2 Transfer vehicle HTV to as the successor to it's space shuttle which willretire in 2010. This is to get cargo to the ISS.This HTV is untested&nbsp; and so is there&nbsp;rocket&nbsp;H-2B&nbsp;to put it into orbit.&nbsp;I would like to see them use the&nbsp; Europe's&nbsp; ATV which is currently docked&nbsp; to ISS&nbsp; now.&nbsp;This is tested&nbsp; and works great.The only problem with Europe's ATV is it uses the Russia's&nbsp; docking system only.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Posted by js117</DIV></p><p>false report. &nbsp; </p><p>http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/jul/HQ_08181_HTV_statement.html</p>

 

[js117]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>false report. &nbsp; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/jul/HQ_08181_HTV_statement.html <br />Posted by Cygnus_2112</DIV><br /></p><p>Thanks </p><p>We will see if it is a false report.</p>

 

[Carrickagh]

<p>Whoops...first those rocketeers in Alabama and their Jupiter thing. Now this.</p><p>It's curious that both Reuters and a Japanese news outlet reported this...not that that means it couldn't be "counter-factual."</p><p>http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/20080720TDY01305.htm</p><p>And of course Nasawatch is all spun up about it, not that that takes much.</p><p>http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2008/07/gutting_cots.html</p><p>I wonder if someone put together a front outfit called, say, HTV Americas, if they would consider it a "domestic?"</p><p>A&nbsp;lot of aerospace gets done this way, including a good deal of the Boeing 777 composite materials being provided by Toray Composites America, which is actually a Japanese company based in Kobe.</p><p>Last time I checked the Japanese were ISS pertners.</p><p><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/10/8/6af224b2-3f7a-46b0-b8a0-58463beffd3c.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>***</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[docm]

<p>With a Democrat Congress holding the purse strings how long do you think such an "oursourcing" would last in the inevitablke hearings such a move would generate, especially in an election year?&nbsp; </p><p>I give it <5 minutes.</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Carrickagh]

<p>Well, Democrat or Republican, it all depends on how many of our far-sighted representatives are lobbied (read: owned) by whatever consortium the hypothetical HTV deal is sponsored by.</p><p>Also, this is far too creative a solution for NASA to pursue. The story is likely a hoax, hopeful thinking, or the result of a slow news day in Japan. It was a public holiday in Japan today, after all.<br /><br />***</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>