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Orion Spacecraft On the Path To Future Flight

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the galaxy-is-on-orion's-belt dept.

gilgsn writes "Preparations for Orion's first mission in 2013 are well under way as a Lockheed Martin-led crew begins lean assembly pathfinding operations for the spacecraft. The crew is conducting simulated manufacturing and assembly operations with a full-scale Orion mockup to verify the tools, processes and spacecraft integration procedures work as expected."

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  1. Re:I'm s(t)imulating too by jewishbaconzombies · · Score: 0, Troll

    In my pants. And the byproduct is far more real than anything NASA can come up with these days for a Space Shuttle replacement. Cheaper too.

  2. Re:They need to rename it by Idiomatick · · Score: 0, Troll

    Timeline of Spacetravel:

    1957 - Sputnik marked the start of the space race.
    1961 - First man in space. Russians still winning.
    1965 - Probe hits Venus.
    1966 - First in space docking.
    1969 - First man on the moon, US wins space race.
    1973 - Saturn V program ended.
    ...
    ...
    1986 - Space Shuttle Explodes
    ...
    ...
    ...
    2003 - Space Shuttle explodes.

    I can see why people might be uncertain what NASA is doing lately. Compared to the 60s? Fuck all. (Yes I'm aware that we have rovers on mars and cool telescopes, but if you look only at stories that made front page news in the MSM? This is what space history looks like.)