Comments on: The Automated Transfer Vehicle http://hyakutake1957.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/the-automated-transfer-vehicle/ And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here? Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:20:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: How do you get oxygen to the Space Station? Europe blasts off with the solution « exploring our world http://hyakutake1957.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/the-automated-transfer-vehicle/#comment-263 How do you get oxygen to the Space Station? Europe blasts off with the solution « exploring our world Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:25:50 +0000 http://hyakutake1957.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-263 [...] Russian ‘Progress’ ship. But now a new way to supply the ISS has just blasted off from French Guinea in South America: the Jules Verne ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) has a huge capacity (about 5 [...] [...] Russian ‘Progress’ ship. But now a new way to supply the ISS has just blasted off from French Guinea in South America: the Jules Verne ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) has a huge capacity (about 5 [...]

]]> By: hyakutake1957 http://hyakutake1957.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/the-automated-transfer-vehicle/#comment-261 hyakutake1957 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:49:44 +0000 http://hyakutake1957.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-261 The Mars supply issue is interesting. NASA has said that because of weight & space constraints, they would only send enough fuel & water for the astronauts to land on Mars. Once on Mars, they would chemically create the fuel for the return trip. I'm not sure how they would do this and perhaps it is just one scenario they're throwing around. The Mars supply issue is interesting. NASA has said that because of weight & space constraints, they would only send enough fuel & water for the astronauts to land on Mars. Once on Mars, they would chemically create the fuel for the return trip. I’m not sure how they would do this and perhaps it is just one scenario they’re throwing around.

]]> By: Richard http://hyakutake1957.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/the-automated-transfer-vehicle/#comment-260 Richard Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:49:56 +0000 http://hyakutake1957.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-260 I'd never really thought about how they got supplies up to the ISS - it's quite a crucial issue really, because otherwise anyone onboard the ISS would suffocate and dehydrate. Transporting air, water and other essentials is going to be a vital part of plans to go to Mars (which would be 3-year mission) and to build a permanently inhabited base on the Moon. It's a very interesting issue considering it's not something I'd ever thought about before. :) I’d never really thought about how they got supplies up to the ISS – it’s quite a crucial issue really, because otherwise anyone onboard the ISS would suffocate and dehydrate.

Transporting air, water and other essentials is going to be a vital part of plans to go to Mars (which would be 3-year mission) and to build a permanently inhabited base on the Moon.

It’s a very interesting issue considering it’s not something I’d ever thought about before. :)

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