{"id":305,"date":"2003-09-18T00:21:52","date_gmt":"2003-09-18T03:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=305"},"modified":"2003-09-18T00:21:52","modified_gmt":"2003-09-18T03:21:52","slug":"back-to-capsules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=305","title":{"rendered":"Back to capsules?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=dropcap>R<\/span>euters reports that  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=1W15BGUM13YYCCRBAEKSFFA?type=scienceNews&#038;storyID=3463472\">NASA is thinking of replacing the shuttles<\/a> with next-generation Apollo-type capsules.\n<\/p>\n<p>Under pressure to ensure safe manned spaceflight and space transport, the agency said it is looking in the option to use capsules  as a viable alternative for the ageing shuttles.\n<\/p>\n<p class=quote>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;Certainly we have considerable amount of experience flying with capsules. One might say on the capsule side it could be that that design experience may lead to a capsule being available sooner than a winged vehicle.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, many astronauts support the idea of the use of capsules.  A study headed by John Young, a veteran shuttle and capsule astronaut, cited the versatility of the capsules which can move from low orbit to beyond the moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters reports that NASA is thinking of replacing the shuttles with next-generation Apollo-type capsules. Under pressure to ensure safe manned spaceflight and space transport, the agency said it is looking in the option to use capsules as a viable alternative &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=305\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}