1 posted on
08/14/2015 6:36:47 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden officially unveils worlds largest welder [?] to start construction of core stage of NASAs Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans, on Sept. 12, 2014. SLS will be the worlds 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.)
To: BenLurkin
5 posted on
08/14/2015 6:56:08 AM PDT by
Slambat
To: BenLurkin
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...)
To: BenLurkin
How many RS-25 engines are there remaining from the Shuttle for use on the SLS?
How far along is the RS-25E replacement?
To: BenLurkin
SLS will be the worlds 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
To: BenLurkin
So they`re throwing away reusable liquid fuel engines?
20 posted on
08/14/2015 7:59:40 AM PDT by
nomad
To: BenLurkin
"...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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