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Does Ares V + I = VI?

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
June 24, 2008

NASA Study Provides Next Step to Establishing Lunar Outpost

“To accomplish those objectives, the current configuration of the Ares V will use six RS-68B liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen engines on a core stage along with two five-and-one-half segment solid propellant rocket boosters, which are a direct evolution from the first stage of the Ares I rocket.”

Editor’s note: So, Mike, is this latest redesign going to be called the Ares VI?

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.