Constellation: It's for the new generation

[1ordequis]

for man to survive as a species and to go to the stars 1St one world government. one government no need for nukes. armed forces only needed to help quail terrorist thus less spent on armies. 2nd consolidate all space programs into one and look at moon and mars colonization. the research in doing this would help in new tech for all on earth better health science and less starvation world wide. to bad man as a whole can not learn to live one another. We are doomed to go extinct not explore space.

[Doctor699]

JFK set the challenge to go to the moon in a decade over 40 years ago, if i ever get a similar power i will challenge humanity to reach the edge of the solar system, before the century is out!

[tek5828]

ISA - International Space Agency

it's a dream

[Shinkajo]

orion sucks, a step back to the 60's lol, we need a single-stagee-to orbit vehicles, space ships ffs! not some god damn capsules...

[zzzIdividedbyzerozzz]

ISA (International Space Association) needs to be formed.

[bkmalone86]

For all of you who are entertained by Obama's thrashing of NASA. I would like to be the one to remind you that you are nothing but a fucking lemming, Obama could surrender America to Osama Bin Ladin and you would still like the idea as long as the man said it with a smile. You should eat a steaming pile of shit every time you have a thought instead of attempting to express it until you have bona fide proof that your IQ has doubled. Goggle "save constellation" click the youtube result = Fascism.

[43932]

@bkmalone86 Who is Obama ?

[dycarbon1]

We are wayy more likely to go extinct now the governments of the world no longer support space programmes. Thanks a lot!

[curea229]

Bummer it's all been canceled.

I can understand canceling Ares V and the moon lander, but we really need Ares I and the Orion spacecraft, it's our only ticked to space without the Russians.

[pcgeekamd]

Obama Blows donkey dick,,may he rot in hell.

[OGdank13]

fuckin nasa pricks

[surfjerr]

liars

tell us about the glass buildings

[surfjerr]

screw you nasa liers

[QuickdrawMcShaw]

In 50 years we're gonna look back on this and say "What a piece of shit. I can't believe that went to space" as we sip our martinis from the comfort of our hotel pools on Mars.

Space is awesome.

[SAMTHEMANTHATCAN]

NASA needs more funding, lots more. In the 60s when they were competing with Russia to be the first into Space & the first to the moon the US government was giving NASA waaaaaaay more than the budget they have today and that was over 40yrs ago.

Mabee if all the countries of the world stopped spending so much on weapons and squabbling with each other and all formed 1 NASA (worldwide organisation) and used the money instead on Space exploration we would already of been to Mars.

[MrSensai1]

YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!

[jojonr619]

im trying to look up constellations for this

assignement that was due 4 days ago but i have to make up my own first i turn it in 2 days ago apprently a penis is not allowd

[curea229]

What is wrong with you?

[AtlasTitanX]

It looks like its not that ground breaking but hey that just me.

[cheitman1991]

Its not ground breaking in the sense that we have already sent men to the moon, but this time we have much more advanced tech, and we are sending more people. And it also shows that NASA is returning to the goal it was originally made for, exploring more than just low earth orbit. NASA is really getting back on track!

[AtlasTitanX]

Yeah I guess... when they set course for Mars then Ill be impressed know NASA they probably forgot about Mars Semi direct mission D:

[kamal10928]

mars mission is schedule (bad spelling) for 2035

[AtlasTitanX]

Yeah well lets see what happens :(

[onthecuttingedge2005]

Leave a solar powered Spot light on the Moon's surface pointing into space towards Earth as evidence for the non-believers or conspiracy theorist out there that we actually where there.

[jinglesassy1]

but that wont prove that the apollo missions were real or not just will prove orion is real.

[akronan]

The apollo mission left laser reflector installations on the moon in order to measure the growing distance between the earth and the moon. lets face it, no amount of proof will prove it to the non believers because they are not smart enough to understand the science.

[fuadali16]

thumbs up

[TheBackOfTheBoat]

So will orion be the craft that eventually takes people to mars?

I kind of doubt it. maybe it could potentially go to mars, but it seems like it's really not specifically designed for it, and nasa still has a lot of plans that would involve using something else.

[cyther39]

it's not really,, it's not reusable.. if it enters mar's atmosphere its heat shield will be burned up, and there is nothing left to come back to earth's atmosphere.

[vadergamefreek]

The orion craft is resusable. and the atmosphere on mars is less than earth so, it would not burn up.

[AblePumper]

NASA has a plan to modify Orion into a six or eight man spacecraft that was originally done in 1966 by Lockheed Missiles & Space Division, to keep the Manned Exploration Programs going post Apollo. It simply enlarged Apollo's CM and SM and was economically feasible as new technology could be adapted easily. It was named "Apollo-M."

[toddi1971]

When injecting the "stack" to the moon, the capsule faces backwards. Will the astronauts hang in their belts? Acceleration was up to 11g on Apollo. Whats the solution for that?

[Reactionary007]

These ships need to last. They need a life cycle as long as a B-52 or longer.

[jk885522]

this video is excelent!!! 5/5

[LesbianVampireLover]

This makes me think of the visionary H. G. Wells story and film, "Things To Come". Here we are mired in our earthly wars, but mankind is still looking upward to the heavens.

It is amazing to consider how primitive (but effective) the technology was when we first went to the Moon. However, Constellation's basic paradigms are still quite similar to the original, with the separate launching of the lunar vehicle being a major innovation.

Let's all hope that this project stays well-funded!

[MrFireAss]

Amen, and lets keep N.A.S.A and all who are involved in project Constellation in our prayers. These men and women are taking the next "giant leap" for mankind, and need all the help they can get.

[ravid1001pro]

the people who designed the Apollo missions were geniuses ahead of their time. the design was so very close to perfect, that indeed, NASA has changed very little in the design.

[adonist7]

I wish I could live like 100 years into the future, and see how far "man" is in space exploration...

I really want to see humans have the big giant spaceships like in the movie "alien" and how they travel like that

Lets go NASA! get humans into space ASAP

[EVM3point0]

those moon pictures are fake LOL thats not what the moon looks like

[SilverBulIet]

i dream of going to space tourism in 2025 or 2030

[Espartan251]

it would be cool but will probably be for the rich, the middle class should wait I think until 2035 or 2040.

[eliteobserver]

I would love to see a high-res image from within Valles Marineris. It would dwarf any photograph ever taken of the Grand Canyon.

[richbrobee]

Foolish to put women and men on Mars now. For about 1/10th of the extremely high cost, we can explore so much more, learn so much more, be thrilled so much more by robotic exploration. We can apply some of the savings to reducing the extinction rate of plants and animals on earth, since we are currently loosing millions of years of evolution design (169 mammals endangered with non-mammals may be even more important and fascinating). Robotic exploration, yes!

[WrasslinRyan]

when will we see man on the moon again? what year roughly and will i still be alive? lol

[martyguitarsupremo]

2018 is the "scheduled" year. Orion/Aries/Altar should be completed by 2016 and tested / moon flyby by 2017. First manned Lunar orbit attempt should be in 2019, followed by automated cargo landers landing on the targetted area.. They expect 9 Manned landings by 2020 followed by perminant inhabitance on 6monthly cycles from 2021/2..

Mars landings should be sometime after 2030 -10+years after George Bush Snr directed Nasa to orignally plan manned missions to Mars..

[WrasslinRyan]

ohh wow, thanks! So what happens now that the shuttle is being retired? will it be retired soon or is it 2018? I thought the shuttle only had a few more missions left but if it goes now, how will we get guys into space?

[martyguitarsupremo]

The Shuttles are due to retire by mid/end 2010. I think one of them (oldest i assume) is due to retire at the end of this year.

The reason why the shuttles are retiring is partly due to the fuel tank operation guarentee has about 8 years of "guarenteed" safe life left and the original company who built/designed it no longer exists.

The other part is due to funding, costs allot of money to maintain the shuttles, strip down, staff etc - whilst focusing on the constellation modules.

[martyguitarsupremo]

Nasa are also reusing allot of the technology engineered for the Apollo missions because its a proven design and saves billions/trillions of dollars in research and development.

Orignally the shuttles were designed to reduce the cost of space flight - being "reusable" space craft.. In the modern world it is cheaper to go back to rocket technology then re-engineer a replacement vehicle.

[WrasslinRyan]

wow, great info, thanks once again mate!

[CCPnoob]

sorry didnt see the post - yours is more accurate!

[martyguitarsupremo]

no worries. i was hoping to see the shuttle life extended, but now offical end of life dates have been given for each spacecraft, so no hope there.

It's all down to budget, Michael Griffin is very tight to budget, but I can understand his reasons for ending the shuttle program so the funds can be directed to constellation.

Its funny that the shuttle was orginally designed to lessen the cost of space flight being renewable, compared to rocket propelled craft, now its the other round.

[CCPnoob]

2015 was the supposed date with permanent colony for 2020 but they have delayed it all back 5 years i think now or something. talking about 2030-2040 for mars perma colony and maybe earlier if new propulsion engines are found

[Membrane556]

The next X33 everyone.

[JohannVF]

Hopefully not.

[CharAznable]

And another thing, Why cant we use this system to capture a Near Earth Asteroid?

[aerowerks]

How do you propose to slow down several thousand tons of rock? Why would you want to?

[CharAznable]

Im sure there are some viable ways to secure it in orbit. I'm not an expert nor will I clam to have any expert knowledge in the matter. There are many reasons why it would be important capture a NEAR. The first being, so it doesn't come back and hit the earth. 2nd, scientific study of it composition and what it can tell us about the formation of the solar system. 3rd, The resources it can provide. 4th, As a base of operation for a myriad of facilities. etc..

[MrFireAss]

We have studied the composition of asteroids , with the EPOXI mission, in which we shot a copper ball into an asteroid and analyzed the nucleus.

good article about it on Wikipedia. just type in EPOXI.

Cheers , and keep your eyes to the skies.

[Membrane556]

Nope not enough delta V it would be like a fly pushing an elephant.

Even painting said asteroid white on one side will impart more force over 5 years then then this can.

[JohannVF]

Because we aren't really sanguine about the idea of trying to rustle an asteroid into the Earth-Moon system. Cost of failure could be a little high...

[MrFireAss]

also, the moon is a better place to colonize/have a myriad of testing facilities on, due to the information we already know about the moon, and its climate/composition.

[CharAznable]

Honestly I think Maned Mars missions are a pipe dream until there are better facilities built in space.

I am encouraged and worried with the new lunar missions. I would really like to see a more substantial lunar base built. I dont understand why we arent using the ISS to make space vehicles (space ships) to better enable us to have better equipped lunar facilities. And the lunar missions look like they can be better carried out by robots. Is there going to be a telescope on the lunar base?

[dxk72]

As somebody who works for NASA and is involved with the Constellation project, your comment about "using the ISS to make space vehicles" makes no sense whatsoever. I am not going to waste the time explaining it but I will give one key word: consumables. Everything that has to do with human space flight is limited by consumables such as oxygen, nitrogen, helium, water, etc. You should not and cannot make any comments until you know a little bit more about the human space flight.

[Membrane556]

Mars is a pipe dream until a few things are done first one in space power generation on a level to power advanced propulsion.

Two we need to reduce the cost of getting into LEO first.

Ares BTW is a step way in the wrong direction.

[bhanley28]

That's my Uncle Jeff!!! So proud. NASA and my Uncle are amazing!!!!!!!!!

[space2do]

Bravo NASA! Let's hope this time we are really restarting the never-ending journey we were meant to take!

[barnard1960]

After 36 years of stagnation, the human race may finally really be continuing where Apollo left off in 1972.

[spaceboy89]

Thank you NASA for everything you are doing; you are an inspiration. Go on like this!

[iStevo]

Space is truly the new frontier, thanks for the look into the future!

[bahused]

Using a Lagrangian point to Acess Mars would be Far more energy efficient, unless you plan on making aliminium rocket fuel on the Lunar surface, but that would'nt reperesent much of a saving because you still need an oxidiser.

[Membrane556]

Best engine to use to reach mars so far might be VASIMR and a 300KW to 2 megawatt nuclear reactor.

Though yes the moon will help little unless there is a lot of hydrogen or xenon etc for the VASIMR engines.

The moon does have lots of oxygen locked in the rocks though.

Still ares I has got to be the most redundant thing ever does what an EELV does but costs 3x more BTW you can manrate an EELV

[tomasm2005]

me .. ..

[NakSsS]

Awesome and very informative video about the program as a whole.

[lowryba]

Informative video, thanks NASA!

[gangreneday]

Awesome

[wwedirector13]

This looks cool