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1 posted on 09/07/2006 7:20:39 PM PDT by KevinDavis
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2 posted on 09/07/2006 7:20:59 PM PDT by KevinDavis (http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
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the first stage of its Ares 1 rocket, a five-segment booster evolved from its four-segment solid rocket boosters (SRBs)... will launch astronaut crews into orbit to either dock at the International Space Station (ISS) or press onward to the Moon – though the latter would require rendezvous with a lunar lander and Earth Departure Stage launched by the planned heavy-lift Ares 5 rocket.
Great. Now we're following the proposal of Sergei Korolev, mastermind of the N1 booster and Soviet moon program.
4 posted on 09/07/2006 10:49:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Saturday, September 2, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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