BillsFan-4-Ever Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) Yes, I know. But it says nothing about whether or not then intend to man-rate it. Probably not, if they're only aiming for 95% reliability (man-rating should be higher than 98%, I believe). I used to be invested in Orbital Sciences - made a good chunk of money from them. I can't help feeling, though, that they've fallen behind, and SpaceX is drinking their milkshake. The Space Shuttle was the best early-70's technology money could buy. Ares series is much more recent...but all the rockets in your graphic are defunct (Ares was cancelled, replaced by the SLS. STS and Saturn V were decommissioned.) But generally, all rockets are going to look largely the same, since they're all designed to solve the same basic problem. There's not that much variety in submarines, televisions, or toasters, either. I worked for them for 8 years. Lockhead is making the new manned space capsule and I helped design the new launch abort vehicle or CEV. I thought that they may use the larger rockets for manned flight as well. but since they laid me off... my feelings on their success are mixed. Edited October 29, 2014 by BillsFan-4-Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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