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Who the hell is Mike Okuda?Kanastrous wrote:mmph.Count Chocula wrote:
Bile-producing trivia bit: the Orion program logo was designed by Mike Okuda!
Looks like something of Mike's, all right.
Gotta hand it to him; the fellow's a genius at self-promotion.
This is wrong in several ways. Most RSRM parts are reusable about twenty times (the nozzle thrust bearing for ten); many of these are massive complex forgings and are not at all cheap. It is, in fact, nowhere near as cheap to build a new booster. This has been studied time and again - if, as you say, it's as cheap to build new ones each time, NASA would do just that.Beowulf wrote:I thought the solid booster first stage was one of the worst features of shuttle technology. They're reusable in a sense, but require essentially complete refurbishment of the booster for reuse. It's almost as cheap to just build a new booster. It's responsible for half the failures of the STS. The way they're using the booster in Ares I essentially requires reengineering the fuel grain, which isn't cheap.NecronLord wrote:Indeed. The proposed Ares models use a lot of the best features of shuttle technology. Particularly its solid booster first stage.PeZook wrote:It lofts about 112 tonnes to orbit (shuttle+payload in the cargo bay), which is 6-8 tonnes less than the Saturn, but the whole STS assembly also masses 1/3 less. The Shuttle is a pretty impressive vehicle, to be honest, if quite expensive to use.
Why is it bile inducing, though? The logo ain't great, but come on...there were worse.Count Chocula wrote:Every time Wesley Crusher taps in helm coordinates, or Worf locks phasers, they're tapping their commands on a .....
....waaiiit for it....
Okudagram! Mike Okuda designed all the displays and consoles for ST:TNG. Plus, he was the coathor of the ST:TNG "Technical" "Manual," earning himself an infamous spot in Star Trek lore. OK, maybe ST vs. SW lore.
