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Way back in early 2005…
•CEV (“Orion”) was not aimed at ISS•Innovative architectures considered•Admiral Steidle proposed a “nontraditionalcrew” development effort to addresshumans to LEO/ISS/CEV
–In part to avoid human rating CEV launcher
•NASA forecast a “gap” of perhaps 4 yearsbetween Shuttle retirement and CEV
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Then came Mike
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We must get rid of the Gap!
•“It is unseemly in the extreme” for the U.S.[read: NASA]to not have a human launchcapability[read: government-owned &contractor operated system]
– Dr. Griffin
•Suddenly the Goal wasn’t returning NASAto exploring beyond Earth orbit…•…but recreating
Gemini on Steroids
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