Impressive pic! There's video at the link as well.
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
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
To: Reaganesque
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.)
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)
To: Reaganesque
This new rocket design is to be incorporated into the next generation shuttle or space-plane?
...or just for satellite launches?
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)
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.)
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")
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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