Posted on 05/06/2009 5:57:33 PM PDT by KevinDavis
HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The White House is expected to announce a major review of the Marshall Space Flight Center-managed Ares rocket program. The Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles have been in development to replace the aging space shuttle, which is set to retire by the end of 2010.
Ares has come under criticism over the past year because the program has fallen behind schedule and is over budget. When announced five years ago, the Ares I had been slated for its first launch in 2014, but that date has fallen to 2015.
Rep. Parker Griffith, D-Huntsville, confirmed the White House directed review of Ares, but said the program was still healthy. "The Ares I and V vehicles have been through several studies and reviews and I am confident that any additional study will show that the Ares program is our best option to take our astronauts safely to the space station and beyond," Griffith told The Times.
NASA announced last month that the planned six-member crew size of the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle would be slashed to four seats.
Where does “the White House” find enough people to do all these reviews?
Anyone notice that the shuttle retires in 2010, and the Ares isn’t available till 2015. That means we have NO manned capability in space. Oh yeah we can hitch a ride with the Russians, or the Chicoms. Disgraceful. How my country has fallen.
It’s a wrap, people.
When announced five years ago, the Ares I had been slated for its first launch in 2014, but that date has fallen to 2015.
Now that Obama has control maybe 2020,just maybe..
Stick a fork in it.
Stick a fork in it.
What ISN’T under White House review these days?
Associates
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Nothing
“Where does “the White House” find enough people to do all these reviews?”
Acorn
this thing doesn’t have a snowball’s chance.
Obama, will continue to cut off every leg this country has until we stand up and stop him.
I thought we had two other rockets we could use (Atlas 5 and Delta 4). Don’t they have good track records and acceptable throw weights?
In other words, no.
Ares was a bad idea from a bad president who never liked technology.
2 plus trillion dollars in extra pork spending by this government and not a penny more for NASA. Instead, I predict Obama will kill the Ares program.
You mean wimps like to you who think that humans don’t belong in space who thought that Bush was anti technology..
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