DocM Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 You might go Ukrainian??, but Yuzhnoye SDO is a long time player in the rocket design business who made them for the USSR in the old days, and who still makes them for Russia & SeaLaunch (an outfit that launches from an ocean-going platform.) They are also partnered with the US company Orbital Scirnces for development of their Taurus II, which is to launch Orbital's Cygnus ISS resupply module. Today they make the Zenit and Cycline vehicles, both of which get a lot of use. They would bring over the Mayak, which will blend techs from both Zenit and Cyclone. Odds are some of these would be used to launch commercial passenger flights by Excalibur Almaz, who will be using Russian designed Salyut mini space stations and its return capsule. More about them in an upcoming thread - they're for real. Parabolic Arc story.... Yuzhnoye SDO.... A delegation of executives from Ukraine?s Yuzhnoye (builder of the Zenit and?Cyclone launch vehicles) is exploring opportunities for basing a new launch?vehicle program at the Cape Canaveral Spaceport. The Mayak family of rockets is? based on the Zenit and Cyclone vehicles and could be considered Ukraine?s answer?to Russia?s Angara modular family of vehicles (built by rival rocket maker?Khrunichev).The Mayak would feature light, medium and heavy lift versions (8 tons, 20 tons, and 42 tons to LEO, respectively) and would be capable of launching humans. Yuzhnoye appears to be partnered with Excalibur Almaz to carry its commercial space station hardware and astronaut personnel to orbit. In addition to launching Mayak rockets from Florida, the discussion is?focusing on opportunities for manufacturing or assembly of the vehicles on the Space Coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 interesting. what is the space coast, though? Florida? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 Space Coast = the area around Cape Canaveral & the Kennedy Space Center. Commercial moving into the spaceport is good news for laid off shuttle workers. SpaceX looks to be going from 1200 to almost 2000 workers; Masten will start suborbital research flights soon; XCOR's Lynx spaceplane may well fly from the shuttle runway, and more are in negotiations. The one who won't be there is Orbital Sciences Taurus II which will launch the Cygnus ISS resipply cargo ship - it'll fly from NASA's Wallops Island spaceport in Virginia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 this is something you need to show the skeptics we have around here. even modest expansions in space research and engineering create hundreds of jobs overnight. and they're mostly well-paid, highly-skilled jobs. imagine a full on, global space effort to colonize the moon, Mars, asteroids and beyond...you're talking a few hundred million jobs in a century. you're talking about something that makes the so-called industrial revolution seem like child's play. you're talking about endless growth. why are people so ****ing stupid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelar Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 The Ukrainians are also involved in some rocketry at WFF. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/corearrival.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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