Comments on: Weather delays Antares launch again http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/07/11/weather-delays-antares-launch-again/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: ctod http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/07/11/weather-delays-antares-launch-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1351256 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 16:58:19 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=2526#comment-1351256 Well they can be patient with a multi billion dollar vehicle and protect their investment, or they could double the price and subject it to riskier launch conditions. In comparison, it costs almost nothing to wait an extra day, it costs everything to be inpatient. Doubling the research and design cost doesn’t justify the benefit of arriving on time. Just a note on that, do you think their launch scheduling doesnt account for weather delays? Do you think the supply cargo to the ISS is waiting to be delivered until the very last minute? No. To be concise, the only people effected by a delayed launch are the media and general public.

An innovative idea would be to abandon rocketry and begin electromagnetic rail launching. its cheaper, more reliable, and could be standardized.

]]> By: Howard http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/07/11/weather-delays-antares-launch-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1348791 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 20:50:55 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=2526#comment-1348791 Here’s an innovation concept: can they design rockets, and the related infrastructure, to be more “all weather” vehicles? I understand some have more flexibility than others, but sometimes the “boring” ideas are actually the most disruptive.

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