Report on Top-Level Assessment of Use of Apollo Systems for ISS (Apollo Lives?)

04/30/03 00:00:00    

By Michael Mealling

p. From Report on Top-Level Assessment of Use of Apollo Systems for ISS (SpaceRef.com)

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“A small team… was chartered by NASA to make a top-level assessment of the viability of using

the Apollo Command and Service Modules the basis for a Crew Return Vehicle, and potentially

for a Crew Transfer Vehicle, for the International Space Station. This assessment was conducted

13-14 March 2003.”__

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If NASA really does this, it sounds great to me. Apollo wasn't a bad system, in fact it seemed pretty robust considering Apollo 13, Schirra's lightning strike (Apollo 12?), etc. Assuming that it really can be resurrected, using design docs in existence and some of the old staff, it could bring back some common sense and experience to counter NASA's “Brain Drain” of the recent years.