Friday, September 11, 2009

Successful Ares Test

Thursday in Utah, the contractor building NASA's new Ares rocket successfully conducted a 123-second test firing of the rocket engines that would power Ares.

The next question is whether Ares will be pursued. The Augustine committee empaneled to advise President Obama on the future of NASA's manned spaceflight program has developed several options for Mr. Obama. Only a minority of those options include the Ares program.

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