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Boeing Offers CST-100 for ISS Cargo Contract

机译:波音为ISS货运合同提供CST-100

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As Boeing begins work on its NASA commercial crew contract, the company is proposing to use a version of the same spacecraft to transport cargo to the international space station. Company officials said in a Dec. 9 interview here that they submitted a proposal in December for NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) 2 competition, a follow-on to the existing CRS contracts held by Orbital Sciences Corp. and SpaceX to ferry cargo to and from the station. The cargo version of Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft will be based on the crewed version the company is developing for NASA, said John Mulholland, Boeing commercial crew program manager. Boeing will remove spacecraft components not needed for crew missions, like its launch abort system and environmental controls, to free up room in the spacecraft for cargo. The cargo version of CST-100 would, like the crewed version, launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. The cargo ' version will also be able to return cargo to Earth, landing in the Western United States like the crewed version. That similarity between the two CST-100 versions is intended to improve the spacecraft's overall economics. "It gives us a chance to use the launch vehicle and capsule that are being integrated for crew and get more missions out of it to help with affordability," said John Elbon, vice president and general manager for space exploration at Boeing.
机译:当波音开始其NASA商业机组合同的工作时,该公司正提议使用同一型号的航天器将货物运输到国际空间站。公司官员在12月9日的一次采访中表示,他们在12月提交了NASA商业再补给服务(CRS)2竞赛的提案,这是Orbital Sciences Corp.和SpaceX持有的现有CRS合同的后续,以将货物运送至从车站。波音公司商业机务项目经理约翰·穆赫兰德说,波音公司的CST-100航天器的货机版本将基于该公司为美国宇航局开发的乘员版本。波音公司将删除航天员任务不需要的航天器部件,例如其发射中止系统和环境控制装置,以释放航天器中的货物空间。 CST-100的载货版本与载人版本一样,将在联合发射联盟阿特拉斯5火箭上发射。载货版本也将能够像载人版一样将货物返回地球,降落在美国西部。两个CST-100版本之间的相似性旨在改善航天器的整体经济性。波音公司副总裁兼太空探索总经理约翰·埃尔邦说:“它使我们有机会使用为乘员组集成的运载火箭和太空舱,并执行更多任务以提高负担能力。”

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    《Space news》 |2015年第1期|20-20|共1页
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