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A Look At NASA's Orion Project
An anonymous reader writes "People in north Iowa got a first-hand look at NASA's Orion Project. Contractors with NASA were in Forest City to talk about the new project and show off a model of the new spaceship. NASA has big plans to send humans to an asteroid by 2025. The mission, however, will not be possible without several important components that include yet-to-be-developed technologies, as well as the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion spacecraft to fly astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit. In fact, Orion's first flight test later this year will provide NASA with vital data that will be used to design future missions."
Well, if it tries to explode them out its nose, it doesn't go in the right direction.
"what price can we put on avoiding extinction"
sounds like someone's got a great idea for a kickstarter campaign!
THL phish sticks
Funny. I don't recall seeing any Boeing pens last time I was there. I did see a number of pretty attractive female engineers and pilots.
Maybe Lockheed makes the pens.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!