Recent Developments in Human Spaceflight 2

1. Recent Development in
Human Spaceflight
A talk for
By Michael Morris Franks
16th February 2017

3. Space Launch System

4. SLS Engines- holdover RS-25D engines

5. Orion Capsule

6. Orion Escape Tower

7. Command and Service
Module

8. Missions
1) Exploration Mission 1
Unnamed flight to the moon and Beyond Planned 2018
2) Exploration Mission 2 planned 2023-2024?
Manned Flight round the Moon
Rerun of Apollo 8
No Lander

9. Future Missions?
Mars/Saturn/Asteroid
Block 2 SLS planned possibly larger SRB or liquid side
booster rockets and five main engines at base.
Only 20 main engines in storage and another 6 being
built so only enough engines for five flights
Lander need to be designed built and tested.

10. CST-100 Starliner

11. DreamChaser

12. Space X- Flown Dragon Capsule

13. Falcon 9 Full Thrust

14. Falcon 9 First Stage Landing

15. Falcon Heavy

16. Dragon Manned Capsule

17. Red Dragon

18. Issues To Be Resolved Before Dragon
Manned Flight
1)Load and Go
2)Turbine Rotors problems

19. Business plan for Mike's Asteroid Mining INC
One Falcon Heavy -$90,000,000.00
Two Second Hand Dragon Capsules -$10,000,000.00
Two Beam Modules -$10,000,000.00
Astronaunt Salaries and other costs -$5,000,000.00
Other equipment -$5,000,000.00
Supplies -$1,000,000.00
contingencies -$10,000,000.00
Mission Support -$10,000,000.00
Cost -$141,000,000.00
9 kilograms of Platinum @ $32,247 a kilo $290,223,000.00
Profit $149,223,000.00