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Stacking of New Space Vehicle Begins At KSC

Posted by timothy on from the note-that's-an-artist's-impression dept.

Matt_dk writes "For the first time in more than a quarter-century, a new space vehicle will begin stacking on a mobile launch platform (MLP) at Kennedy Space Center. The Ares I-X aft skirt, which was mated to a solid fuel segment in the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at KSC, rolled over to the 528-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building today, where it will be lifted and placed on the MLP in High Bay 3. On that platform, workers will secure the aft booster and continue adding segments of the first stage rocket, the upper stage simulators, the crew module mockup and the launch abort system simulator, taking the vehicle to a height of 327 feet."

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  4. Re:This is the way to spend taxpayer money! by pete-classic · · Score: -1, Troll

    NASA was the only organization to put a man on the moon [...]

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