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Impressive pic! There's video at the link as well.
1 posted on 10/29/2009 7:41:48 AM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: Reaganesque

I saw a smaller version of this pic earlier. Thnx for posting a larger image.


2 posted on 10/29/2009 7:43:10 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Reaganesque

I watched it liftoff yesterday—on TV—and it was impressive. However, it looked odd at liftoff. Something appeared odd, and I can say exactly what. Slow, cumbersome, at an odd angle immediately after ignition...


3 posted on 10/29/2009 7:46:56 AM PDT by devane617
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I must be missing how “great” this is suppose to be - I don’t see any difference between this launch and any other except the shuttle was not attached.

The video notes total “new rocket concepts” but it looks like launches from the 1960’s


4 posted on 10/29/2009 7:47:42 AM PDT by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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To: Reaganesque

This was the small Ares I-X. The Ares V will be colossal, slightly larger than the Saturn V moon rocket.


7 posted on 10/29/2009 7:57:57 AM PDT by Spirochete (Texas is an anagram for Taxes)
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This new rocket design is to be incorporated into the next generation shuttle or space-plane?

...or just for satellite launches?

10 posted on 10/29/2009 8:02:13 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Reaganesque

Sweet, now lets put a nuke on the cone and point it toward Iran.


11 posted on 10/29/2009 8:04:10 AM PDT by joesjane (The strength of the pack is the wolf - Rudyard Kipling)
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To: Reaganesque

While the rocket probably was supersonic, the effect is caused by the compression of humid air. I’ve seen the same thing from fighter jets flying well under the speed of sound.


15 posted on 10/29/2009 8:16:28 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Reaganesque
"Ares" is the Greek god of War.

I wonder if the Nobel Peace Prize winner approved that name.

Leni

17 posted on 10/29/2009 8:28:18 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Bill O'Reilly: 9/8/09: "Communism is not a threat to us anymore"-10/20/09: "Obama is not a Marxist")
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To: Reaganesque

Caption: Ares I-X. Credit: NASA/Scott Andrews

18 posted on 10/29/2009 8:37:10 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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