Pieces Coming Together For NASA's New Spacecraft

Matt_dk points out an update on the progress of development for NASA's Ares I launch rocket, excerpting: "NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires. But those computers will have their work checked the old-fashioned way with the first of several uncrewed demonstration launches beginning in 2009. Ares I-X, the first Ares I test rocket, will lift off from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. in the summer of 2009. It will climb about 25 miles in a two-minute powered test of Ares I first stage performance and its first stage separation and parachute recovery system." Reader coondoggie notes that NASA is also looking further afield, putting out the call for ideas on moon colonization. They'll be offering a variety of grants for projects which facilitate human activities that are "not reliant on Earth's resources."

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and That is exactly how they will come apart

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In pieces.

Re:You clowns voted for him...

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i dont thing it would change much no matter who it was that took office, except maybe that the other one would want to channel the money into warmongering rather then attempt to kill the deficit...

but this is all from a ignorant european...

but lets face it, space exploration is a blue sky research thing, and thats a area thats been in decline since the 1980's...

if it cant make a buck, scrap it...

Re:Still more tough times for NASA ahead.....

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Hey, at least for the future, they learned how not to run a space station. I'm sure NASA and all the other space agencies have smart enough people to not fail so abysmally next time.