Kubrick already did one...
Posted on 10/30/2014 1:14:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Edited on 10/30/2014 1:49:27 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
NASA and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] have completed final assembly and testing of the Orion spacecraft. The spacecraft will remain inside NASA's Launch Abort System Facility at Kennedy Space Center until it rolls to launch pad 37 in November.
"An empty shell of a spacecraft arrived to Kennedy Space Center two years ago, and now we have a fully assembled Orion standing 72 feet tall," said Michael Hawes Lockheed Martin Orion program manager. "We're ready to launch it into space and test every inch."
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Tell me that rocket they will sit this thing on won’t have the same Russian rockets that might have blown up recently?
It would reportedly require over 200 changes to the RS-68 to meet human-rating standards.[13] NASA states several changes are needed to human-rate the RS-68, including health monitoring, removal of fuel-rich environment at liftoff, and improved subsystems robustness
Did they make those changes already?
The Delta IV is a Boeing design built in Alabama. No Russian garage-sale rockets here.
Right - new stuff all around, American made via United Launch Alliance (Boeing/Lockheed-Martin collaboration) near me in Decatur, AL.
that is good news
The Delta IV Heavy rocket that will be carrying this payload is built in the USA by Boeing and uses Aerojet-Rocketdyne RS-68A engines also built in the USA.
I'm confused. What has all this got to do with caliph Heussein 0bama's edict for muslim outreach?
/SARC
Cool.
Back in Space and Headed to Mars, Baby!
USA! USA!
During the 4.5-hour flight, called Exploration Flight Test-1, Orion will travel farther than any crewed spacecraft has gone in more than 40 years, before returning to Earth at speeds near 20,000 mph and generating temperatures up to 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
What? 4.5 hour trip and it will travel farther than what?
(Hope this works, I'm not very good at the HTML thing... )
http://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/orion-first-flight/
Kubrick already did one...
They are quite a sight to watch launch.
I saw one go up a few years ago from Savannah, GA, about 230 miles north of Canaveral.
Much more impressive than Shuttle launches from here.
Yes, but how are they going to ensure that the Moslem prayer rug inside is always properly aligned with the divine meteorite in Mecca?
No, of course not, they'll use completely new old russian rockets that haven't blown up yet! America used to be a leader in Space, now under Lord Foul, we take a back seat to everyone and apologize if we accidently excel at something.
Once we get obola out of the picture, maybe it's time to get excited about the space program again.
lol
The wiki says its a US rocket but that it needed modified to be manned-ready
http://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/orion-first-flight/
Just gotta make sure there’s no html tags in your post
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