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1 posted on 08/14/2015 6:36:47 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden officially unveils world’s largest welder [?] to start construction of core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans, on Sept. 12, 2014. SLS will be the world’s most powerful rocket ever built.
Credit: Ken Kremer – kenkremer.com

2 posted on 08/14/2015 6:39:51 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Not very eventful but it does work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEhHRXDFkeU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Gv7qDxgUE


5 posted on 08/14/2015 6:56:08 AM PDT by Slambat
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Pffft! Compared to the Saturn V, this thing is a bottle rocket.

Why are they even building this? Gonna launch Muslims into space?


6 posted on 08/14/2015 7:00:14 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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How many RS-25 engines are there remaining from the Shuttle for use on the SLS?

How far along is the RS-25E replacement?


7 posted on 08/14/2015 7:08:47 AM PDT by Elderberry
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SLS will be the world’s most powerful rocket ever built.

I once heard someone say an Apollo launch was way more impressive than a shuttle or satellite launch.

9 posted on 08/14/2015 7:21:47 AM PDT by fso301
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So they`re throwing away reusable liquid fuel engines?


20 posted on 08/14/2015 7:59:40 AM PDT by nomad
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"...on the path to propel astronauts back to deep space..."

Back? The moon is deep space?

27 posted on 08/14/2015 8:10:39 AM PDT by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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