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NASA Shows Off Mock-Up of Mars-Capable Spacecraft
N!NJA writes with this snippet of a report from Reuters: "NASA gave visitors to the National Mall in Washington a peek at a full-size mock-up of the spacecraft designed to carry US astronauts back to the moon and then on to Mars one day. The design of Orion was based on the Apollo spacecraft, which first took Americans to the moon. Although similar in shape, Orion is larger, able to carry six crew members rather than three, and builds on 1960s technology to make it safer."
They're still working on the parachute.
Would that be the large, unmarked banks of blinking square lights, the female voice that always says "Insufficient Data" followed by a dramatic orchestral chord, or the engine that the chief engineer can only repair 10 seconds before destruction?
Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
We'll be at Alpha centuri in a few years, if all goes well.
Nah, I prefer to win the game by global conquest. It's much more entertaining to pour all of your resources into armies, fleets and aircraft than spaceship components. Those fucking Celts will soon pay for sacking Athens back in 3400 BC, muhahahahahahahahaha.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
No, they're replacing the obsolete 1980s technology (shuttles) with modern, 1960s technology. It's progress.
No, no, Progress is Russian:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_spacecraft
Lock the wife and the dog in the boot of the car.
Return one hour later.
Who's happy to see you?