"Frickin' Fantastic" Launch of NASA's Ares I-X Rocket

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @05:02AM from the we-can-crash-rockets-into-the-oceans-like-a-champ dept.

coondoggie writes "With a hiss and roar, NASA's Ares I-X rocket blasted into the atmosphere this morning at about 11:33 am EST, taking with it a variety of test equipment and sensors but also high hopes for the future of the US space agency. The short test flight — about 2 minutes — will provide NASA an early opportunity to look at hardware, models, facilities and ground operations associated with the mostly new Ares I launch vehicle. The mission went off without a hitch — 'frickin' fantastic' was how one NASA executive classified it on NASA TV — as the upper stage simulator and first stage separated at approximately 130,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. The unpowered simulator splashed down in the ocean."

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Frickin' Fantastic by IorDMUX · 2009-10-28 05:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Well then, please allow me to be the first to say:

"Heck yeah!"

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Re:Test flight examination? by Canazza · 2009-10-28 05:21 · Score: 4, Funny

Did a search for Lawn darts... best picture ever http://www.core77.com/blog/images/vanbezooyen_core77_worsttoys.jpg

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NASA's priorities....? by Chapter80 · 2009-10-28 05:50 · Score: 4, Funny

Great. First we bomb the moon, looking for water. Then we bomb the Atlantic Ocean. Were we looking for Moons?