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NASA: Ares 1 To Launch Next Tuesday...

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Mesa : AZ : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • The towering 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket moves towards launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral
    The towering 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket moves towards launch pad ...
    Source: Reuters
  • The towering 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket moves away from the Vehicle Assembly Building for launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral
    The towering 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket moves away from the Vehicle ...
    Source: Reuters
  • The towering 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket moves towards launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral
    The towering 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket moves towards launch pad ...
    Source: Reuters
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The first Launch of the Ares 1 (which is slated to replace the aging Space Shuttle) is scheduled for October 27th, 2009...

The Spacecraft, which is the first "new" design in 25 years has been moved to the Launch pad and so far, everything is going as planned...

Ares can carry up to 6 astronauts at one time and is being planned to return astronauts to the moon and then on to Mars...

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  • News Source: Fox News | about 1 month ago
    The risk of a disaster at the Ares I-X launch pad has been assessed, Shannon said, but should not endanger Atlantis. Ares I-X is not exempt from those chances. "The impact zone for an explosion [at Ares I-X's launch pad ] would just barely clip Pad...
  • News Source: The Christian Science Monitor | about 1 month ago
    Either scale back ambitious goals first set out in 2005 or pony up more money to match the ambitions. That’s the implication of options set out in the final report from the Review of US Human Spaceflight Plans committee, unveiled Thursday afternoon.
  • News Source: BBC | about 1 month ago
    The recommendations have been made by a presidential advisory panel as part of a review of the US space programme. The suggestions come just days before the Ares rocket is due to make its first test flight. The review says the rocket is too expensive...
  • News Source: Orlando Sentinel Online | about 1 month ago
    The 155-page analysis, prepared by space experts on the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee after months of hearings, contained no major surprises and largely reinforced what the 10-member panel has been saying for weeks. January. "The...
  • News Source: The Examiner | about 1 month ago
    The exploration plans now under fire were pushed by then-President George W...The moon-Mars plan lacks enough money, thanks to budget diversions, the panel said in a 155-page report...Space shuttles are due to retire Oct. 1, 2010, but should keep...
  • News Source: Orlando Sentinel Online | about 1 month ago
    A first reading of the 157-page document shows that it is stronger than the summary released last month with more explanations and data. Constellation Program, which is supposed to replace the space shuttle after it retires, as being expensive and...
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  • Blog Source: www.7ele.com
    It's the first time in 34 years that a rocket other than the space shuttle has stood at Launch Pad 39-B. NASA modified the pad for this rocket, which is supposed to eventually carry astronauts to the moon. ...
  • Blog Source: spacefellowship.com
    The Ares I rocket is being designed to carry astronauts to space in the Orion crew exploration vehicle. The Ares I-X test flight also will allow NASA to gather critical data during ascent of the vehicle's integrated stack, ... “Processing for the
  • Blog Source: www.mizozo.com
    The recent accidents with NASA's space shuttle fleet has left a bad taste in the mouth of most American's, leading some to demand NASA's dismantling. Regardless, this new rocket will greatly decrease the cost of manned space flights. ... The US space
  • Blog Source: www.standard.net
    The company hopes astronauts will ride to orbit on Ares I, which uses a single five-segment solid-rocket booster, a derivative of the space shuttle's solid-rocket booster, for the first stage. But the future direction of the space ...
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Posted By Arrnica Arrnica | about 1 month ago
Hey I wish this news item had more details
Posted By SPT117 SPT117 | about 1 month ago
I know man, same here. All these news stories are always kinda short for me.
Reply By instgtr instgtr | about 1 month ago
Hmmm, I've always been told to keep things short, because people on the internet don't want to read long articles and the last thing I want to do is "bore" people...

I'll start making them a little longer...

(thanx for the input...)
Posted By Arrnica Arrnica | about 1 month ago
@instgtr: Well thats true too. I guess then its a work well done after all :)
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