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The Vehicle Of Our Mars Dreams Is A Needle Waiting To Thread Space [Rocket Porn]
io9.com - 10/27/2009
The Vehicle Of Our Mars Dreams Is A Needle Waiting To Thread Space [Rocket Porn]
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Marvel at the beauty of NASA's Ares I-X test rocket, due to launch on Tuesday. If all goes well, NASA can move forward with development of its next-generation Orion spacecraft, which should carry us to the Moon... and Mars. According to The Register , this is the tallest rocket NASA has built ...

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HeroPress — ... (1) Blast Off Today: The next generation of American space exploration is due to begin today (Tuesday) with the launch of the Ares I-X test rocket. ...

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