re report on redesign team in article cohen q mdc com cohen ssdgwy mdc com andy cohen writes the following is what they feed to us most has been posted already but there are a number of items not seen here yet the design teams then presented the three options under study option a modular buildup pete priest presented the a option priest i don t think this will work still the same in space integration problems small modules especially the bus modules the mol would be bigger also budget problems may end up stalling developemnt a small undersized station wont have the science community support option b freedom derived mike griffin presented the status of option program effeciencies may cut costs but the basic problems with freedom remain in space integration too many flights too build not enough science retrurn option c singe launch core station chet vaughn presented option c the single launch core station concept a shuttle external tank and solid essentialy billion to build mir i think had nasa locked onto this design back in with scarring to support a truss for real expandability we d be looking at a flying space station this looks the most realistic to me imho but i dont know if there is enough will power to toss the cdr d existing hardware and then take a rd power cut and do it this way the core launch station has a lot of positive ideas you could stick in more hatches for experimental concept modules like the et derived workshops or inflatable modules pat oct cancellation just my opinion ac sad but true epitaph killed by mis management pat
