Search results for query: *

  • Users: Usili
  • Order by date

Forum search Google search

  1. The Dream Survives
    Threadmarks: Usili's Author's Note

    My own view and approach on this timeline is something of a thought I’ve had for a long while, and one that concerns the matter of the thin line in human spaceflight that can divide between what is seen as a ‘successful’ failure or issue and one that results in a loss of crew. Human spaceflight...

  2. Boldly Going: A History of an American Space Station

    To add a bit to the conversation at hand for discussion with regards to that of hydrocarbon usage for a booster, there were studies in the late 70s on a triprop SSME, which did indicate for the conversion of an SSME to go to a full single-stage LOX/hydrocarbon from the LOX/hydrogen, and that it...

  3. McGoverning

    A very interesting trio of chapters that I'll comment in more detail in a bit as I dig through them a fair bit more in rereads, but one thing to toss out from the second chapter of the three that you have posted this week, I did very much appreciate the kind of sharp AH with the death of Fanne...

  4. McGoverning

    As part of the much older discussion on prepared headlines and what could ensue in terms of the ATL effects, @Yes, I think you would find some interest from this prepared one for Apollo 8 if the crew had been lost in flight:

  5. McGoverning

    Part of the increase of the cost for the Titan IVs from what I recall came about because of the much lower production amounts for Titan, and also in part from the kind of costs that were sustained by a need of development for the SRMU. In addition to that, the Air Force actually went up ordering...

  6. McGoverning

    A very very interesting update. The bit with Potter Stewart though... in the slight bit in the back of my hand, I wonder if it's partially a way to maneuver him out of the Supreme Court in order for McGovern to nominate a Justice to the Supreme Court, since it just... it feels a bit like that...

  7. McGoverning

    Well this is again my own perspective and thoughts (which Yes could likely basically go and say I'm entirely wrong on), as a slight reminder that at this point (73/74), Conrail doesn't exist yet and it's still technically the Penn Central. You are probably close to the point of having a similar...

  8. McGoverning

    Conrail in the late 70s was sort of a disaster since it was trying to bring all the separate systems together, handle all the deferred maintenance present, and so on. It wasn't until the Staggers Act if I recall that you basically saw Conrail finally in the 'black'? So what he is saying kind of...

  9. McGoverning

    ... I actually did that once as part of an incomplete TL (in terms of the Milwaukee Road getting added to Conrail with some significant restrictions and such) once (and I was planning on eventually having full transcons running east-west in the US, like as an example besides Conrail from Seattle...

  10. McGoverning

    While I'm not Yes, I could talk a bit on some of the background stuff on those (dealing with OTL history and a couple of my own thoughts on stuff) There were a lot of studies on electrification during the Oil Crisis's, but I think what you might see in terms of any kind of major railroad...

  11. McGoverning

    Going to need to reread the arms control section a bit more to share my own thoughts on it in detail from what you mentioned. I significantly enjoyed the bit on aviation, especially for the Soviet Tristar and also how you're going to be seeing the emergence of the Twinstar and DC-10 Twin... and...

  12. McGoverning

    Oooh, I'm happy to see Humphrey-Hawkins mentioned and talked about. It's not often you see Humphrey-Hawkins mentioned in 70s TLs. :D

  13. McGoverning

    Agreed, yeah. Although I'd imagine there's not necessarily the 'make them less money' bit, as they are still non-profits (the tax code change not having arrived here yet, or whether it will even come about ITTL b/c of their significantly increased role will be another interesting question that...

  14. McGoverning

    It's going to be rather fascinating for how Blue Cross and Blue Shield are going to be handling this, since they are still 501(c)4s (their tax-exemption not yet having been removed by the '86 Tax Reform Act).

  15. McGoverning

    I actually kind of take back what I was saying with some of the issues for Concorde flying Trans-Pacific flights, especially if you're doubling the order, since I just found out from this site (and where there's a whole lot of info on the Concorde): "As the manufacturers were having great...

  16. McGoverning

    I realize that, yes, but you pretty much need I think that extra range you get (and engine improvements in terms of a better fuel efficiency) the Concorde-B would offer to be able to fly the Tokyo-Honolulu segment of say a Tokyo-Los Angeles flight (which would require a stopover in Honolulu no...

  17. McGoverning

    There were range issues I believe for a Concorde flying Trans-Pacific flights (and the Concorde-B with an increased range would've been a safer bet). However I think I recall reading something on how 747 flights were explicitly competitive with the Concorde flights?

  18. McGoverning

    Mmm, that update was good. :D

  19. Kistling a Different Tune: Commercial Space in an Alternate Key

    Yeah, that's going to be a big question to see if it changes the political response for what happens... I'm honestly a bit interested on the political response, and again, nice job with the 'snapshots' of the IRC-style chatting with the updates!

  20. McGoverning

    Woo update. :D It was a good one to read and I'll likely be commenting further on it later tonight or tomorrow when I have some time to digest it.
Top