NASA Installing Shocks On Ares

caffiend666 writes "In order to abate the massive vibration issues of their new Ares I spacecraft, NASA is installing shock absorbers. 'The plan is to install 16 canisters in the bottom of the rocket with 100-pound weights attached to springs. Battery-powered motors will move the weights up and down to stop vibrations. Those are essentially remote-controlled shock absorbers, said Garry Lyles, who headed the team of NASA engineers tackling the shaking problem.' So, when the spaceship is a rocking, don't come a knocking?"

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Chrome rims and a spoiler. We might not be alone, so dress to impress!

Btw, not 16, "a 17th shock absorber will be a ring of weights and springs near the middle of the rocket".
Might not have a cannister though, or a switch ; )