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by **Saracenman** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:19 pm

NASA's newest Lunar Rocket, Ares, is made ready for test flight - BBC report here

by **Mayfly** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:26 pm

watched some of it this morning as they were moving her to the lauch site

by **Xplumberlives** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:47 pm

Only the Yanks could call it Ares :-o

What a shame it wasn't named the Arse probe! :ymapplause:

by **Mayfly** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:49 pm

perhaps they got me to write the name for them ... :))

by **Xplumberlives** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:50 pm

Mayfly wrote:perhaps they got me to write the name for them ...

LOL!

by **Dan4th** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:55 pm

Xplumberlives wrote:Only the Yanks could call it Ares

What a shame it wasn't named the Arse probe!

Well, at least NASA's not Dyslexic.....

D.

by **Saracenman** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:45 pm

let's just hope that, in the massive VAB, they ensure all the various stages of the rocket are assembled in the correct order

sm

by **Ducati Boy** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:51 pm

NASA plans another shot at the Moon!

by **Dan4th** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:12 pm

BULLSEYE!!!!!!!!!!

...and a Time Lapse:

Danf.

by **Saracenman** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:04 pm

that transporter has seen some service hasn't it? it's over forty years old already - i wonder for how many years NASA will keep using it?

sm

by **Dan4th** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:51 pm

Probably Forever!

Figures YOU'D like it, SM, what with
those huge TREADS!

Maybe Bovvy'd like to have it if NASA
ever retires it??????????

Danf.

by **Saracenman** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:43 pm

could they afford the SHIPPING COSTS? =))

by **Iggie** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:54 pm

you would think wouldn't you, that they would just build the launch site nearer the factory.........

Or take the roof off the factory....

by **Dan4th** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:21 pm

HEY KIDS!

Time for IGGIE'S WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

Where the CA-RAYZEE-EST THINGS HAPPEN!!!

by **Xplumberlives** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:58 pm

What like 6 year olds being coerced in to hiding from the authorities whilst their parents are seeking publicity!

by **Dan4th** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:45 pm

They got publicity, alright..............

D.

Ares Flyaround from Yesterday:

Trying again today.......

Danf.

by **Xplumberlives** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:53 pm

That's an impressive piece of real estate D4th

by **Dan4th** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:54 pm

Got a Cooler and a Beach Umbrella?

D.

by **Xplumberlives** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:09 pm

Buds in the cooler!

by **Dan4th** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:15 pm

Yesterday:::::::::::::::::::::::::

by **Iggie** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:23 pm

Impressive stuff!

I think the future astronauts may get a little dizzy after seperation from the solid rocket stage though.....

by **Saracenman** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:33 pm

amazing! VERY impressive machine :ymapplause:

however, there was a Murkin politician on the news last night (didn't catch his name, sorry Danf) who said that it was more than likely that the Presidential Committee would recommend the Ares programme be terminated for budget reasons. the news item 'signed off' with the line "what has proved to be a successful FIRST flight of the Ares could very well be the LAST"

media spin or factual, Danf?

sm

by **Dan4th** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:49 pm

Reports of the Ares's Death are Greatly Exaggerated
and Premature. Congressmen and Senators from the
states where affected jobs are located have yet to
chime in. There are also charges of bias regarding
the commission that recently evaluated the program
-- potentially disgruntled former NASA people.....

AH, Politics!

Danf.

by **Cluny** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:17 am

Another angle of the test , this time from a Cessna Skymaster at 12,000 feet B-)

by **Dan4th** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:54 am

Here's NASA's 2009 Wrapup:::::::::::::::::::

D.

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