[ISS] Prochaine décennie - Prolongation ISS

Tatiana a écrit:une conférence va avoir lieu sur les orientations de missions de l'ISS, les 16& 17&18 novembre 2010

http://astronautical.org/files/conference/Draft%20Program.doc
http://astronautical.org/

ISS can do spaceport of the future
:: 10/13/2010

Space agencies of Russia, the EU and the U.S. exchanged letters which discuss the possibility of using the International Space Station as a platform for future missions to the Moon. This is related by the director of the European Space Agency for manned flights Simonetta Di Pippo.
In particular, the ISS partners are going to discuss the possibility of flight around the moon, which brings to mind the expedition of 1968, when the American "Apollo 8" rounded the satellite and astronauts made the famous photograph of Earth rising on the lunar horizon.
Space agency would like to turn the ISS more than a flying laboratory to study the effects of weightlessness.
They would like to use it as a proving ground for testing the next generation of missile technology, which will be needed to mankind for flying outside the near-Earth space, to Mars and asteroids.
Currently under consideration a plan to adopt a new strategy to turn the ISS spaceport or a base from which the board sent to the spacecraft near future.
"We need the courage to begin a new era in space travel" - said the director of the European Space Agency for manned flights Simonetta Di Pippo.
"We think about the delivery to the ISS the various components of the spacecraft and its assembly in orbit, and then on the flight from the ISS to the Moon" - she said, told BBC.
It is a relatively small piloted vehicles, which will make a few revolutions around the Moon and then return directly to Earth without a stopover at the ISS.
So far it is limited only by discussing ideas, and to its implementation is still very far away, even if it is decided to proceed with its implementation.
All five partners on the use of the ISS - Russia, U.S., EU, Japan and Canada - are going to continue to operate the station until at least 2020.
Engineers believe that many of the modules stations will maintain their performance in subsequent years.
Range of experiments that could be deployed using the ISS, could include the testing of new space robots to assemble structures, inflatable orbital modules, such as greenhouses, systems for protection from cosmic radiation.
All of these technologies could be used to create a new generation of missile technology.
If people ever decide to go to the asteroids or Mars, they would need a ship that can not be launched directly from Earth. It will have to collect from a variety of modules in Earth orbit.
Using the already proven methods and technologies for space assembly can significantly reduce the cost of such projects.

Dirk De Winne a écrit:

ceci dit, j'ai de gros doutes... :scratch:

Cice a écrit:Les plans russes à court terme:

patchfree a écrit:
Commentaire: c'est exactement ce que proposent les russes! Et c'est pas parce que ce sont les russes mais cela semble tellement logique...
De ce point de vue l'intérêt de développer des super fusées géantes devient relatif... des fusées lourdes probablement oui mais peut-être pas au-delà. Les américains vont devoir bien réfléchir à leur stratégie et bien dimensionner leur fusée s'ils ne veulent pas une fois de plus faire une erreur d'anticipation.

montmein69 a écrit:

patchfree a écrit:Commentaire: c'est exactement ce que proposent les russes! Et c'est pas parce que ce sont les russes mais cela semble tellement logique...
De ce point de vue l'intérêt de développer des super fusées géantes devient relatif... des fusées lourdes probablement oui mais peut-être pas au-delà. Les américains vont devoir bien réfléchir à leur stratégie et bien dimensionner leur fusée s'ils ne veulent pas une fois de plus faire une erreur d'anticipation.