Justin Runyon

Write part of my essay that I write on my work about The Future of Space Flight

Space travel in the future seemed in question in early 2010. NASA’s Constellation program had been cancelled. The Obama administration had directed NASA to have private enterprise develop new systems. But NASA had an ace up its sleeve.

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NASA pulled the veil back from the future of space flight in September of 2011 with the release of its design for its new manned spacecraft and launch system. The spacecraft actually is not new, but a resurrected version of the Orion craft from the previously cancelled Constellation program. Orion, undergoing tests now, has been called Apollo on steroids. It is in some ways a larger version of the lunar spacecraft, but certainly a different vehicle.

Being built by Lockheed-Martin, the resurrected Orion, now called the Multipurpose Crew Vehicle, or MPCV, will have the same capability as Orion. Up to seven astronauts to low Earth orbit (LEO), four to the Moon, asteroids, or Mars. The new spacecraft will support four astronauts for as long as 900 days.

Like Apollo, it consists of a Command Module (CM) and a Service Module (SM). Both obviously are much larger than the moon craft. The MPCV's CM is almost three times larger than Apollo, with two decks. The SM has considerably more capacity. Like Apollo's SM, it contains an engine and propellant tanks, life support systems and consumables. But it also has space for considerable unpressurized cargo to LEO.

There is one major difference with the MPCV that allows it to have such a long flight time. Power is supplied by solar panels rather than fuel cells.

And while initial flights will land on water like Apollo, later flights will feature touchdowns on land with braking rockets and landing bags.

One other new feature—the spacecraft will be reusable.

·A Chariot for Orion

To loft this bigger, heavier spacecraft, NASA needed a behemoth launch vehicle (LV). With Constellation gone, none of the commercial entries could do so. But, it seems NASA Administrator Charles Bolden may be descended from Mississippi riverboat gamblers. He was holding an ace in the hole. He had fulfilled Obama's directive to give private firms the task of launching Americans and cargo into space in 2010 and this year (see below). The 2012 budget gave him the go-ahead to design and develop the giant LV needed for ORION.