Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Paul E Bennett Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Philae Lander - What Next? Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:45:45 +0000 Organization: Hidecs Consultancy Lines: 52 Message-ID: References: <30fe50d2-6ee7-44c2-b18c-2d15f6d5d228@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: individual.net tufvXpWNhsm3Eui3WlDKcwpPqGSo4hMhj7VhMIqTb5al2/fX0Q Cancel-Lock: sha1:rdcx+03+E0VsaWaME92S4SMSad0= User-Agent: KNode/4.11.4 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:34640 Jason Damisch wrote: > Philae Lander - What Next? > > > British Company Announces Crowdfunded Lunar Mission > > http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/42598british-company-announces-crowdfunded-lunar-mission > > Now, the proposition that launch costs are able to be greatly reduced is > not an absurd one. If Elon Musk can reliable reuse his first stage > rocket, then it may happen. If SpaceX are not fiddling around with their > numbers too much, it might cost only $7 million dollars to launch a probe > or a lander or a rover to the Moon. That would just be the cost of the > launcher, not including the lander and other costs involved. There is > some potential revenue to be had with this. I think that the three > billion dollars touted by Lunar Mission One for their potential revenue > sounds quite high, but I certainly think that it is possible that if > successful, they may not loose their shirts on this one. > > Elon Musk is already putting pressure on the global launch industry. Both > in the United States and overseas. > > http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/42610europe%E2%80%99s-satellite-operators-urge-swift-development-of-ariane-6 > > Lunar Mission One appears to be well on track to achieving their > Kickstarter goal. > > http://www.lunarmissionone.com/ > > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lunarmissionone/lunar-mission-one-a-new-lunar-mission-for-everyone > > I would like to encourage anybody who was involved with the Philae mission > to keep abreast of this. I would also like to encourage anybody involved > with Forth for the Philae lander to contact Lunar Mission One, or any > other company which would like to take advantage of the new lower launch > costs offered by SpaceX. This is because a certain rad-hardened Forth > microprocessor may be the lowest cost, most reliable, and lowest power > alternative for a range of privately funded space missions. > > Jason Thanks for the heads-up Jason. -- ******************************************************************** Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET..... Forth based HIDECS Consultancy............. Mob: +44 (0)7811-639972 Tel: +44 (0)1235-510979 Going Forth Safely ..... EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk.. ********************************************************************