[BwanaNdege]

While reading this article, I was afraid that they were going to cancel the Orion program. However, it looks like Orion is scheduled for a Sept 2014 launch. One of our daughters is a systems engineer on the Orion team.

http://www.universetoday.com/100533/orion-capsule-accelerating-to-2014-launch-and-eventual-asteroid-exploration/

(puff out chest, name drop, put on “Proud Papa” t-shirt, etc, etc.)

[markman46]

Orion is for the BEO to Mars and the Obama astroids

[BenLurkin]

bump!