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Ares 1-X in The Movies

Reader note: “I watched the movie “Monsters” last week. “After a NASA deep-space probe crash landed in Mexico…” The ‘deep-space probe crash’ video is actually the real video of Ares 1-x flight “staging” (i.e. burn-out).”

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  • February 8, 2011
Pete Olson: 50% Right, 50% Wrong

Congress must fulfill duty to clarify NASA’s future, Pete Olson, Houston Chronicle “The last two Congresses — one controlled by Republicans, the other by Democrats – endorsed NASA’s current path. Unfortunately, they failed to provide the necessary funding. This Congress must meet our commitment to NASA. We must stop bailing out the past in a seemingly endless stream of bailouts and instead start providing for our future. President Barack Obama […]

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  • September 25, 2010
Ares-1: Rising From The Dead?

Senate leaders make move for more NASA money, Houston Chronicle “Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. unveiled the Democrats’ version, a resolution that would increase NASA’s current $18.7 billion budget by 5.3 percent to provide uninterrupted testing of the Ares I-X rocket motor. The committee must debate and vote on the proposal before it goes to the Senate floor.” Nelson pushes Ares I tests, Florida Today “Sen. Bill […]

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  • April 22, 2010
On the Bus to Crazy Town with Rep. Bishop

In Case You Missed It. .. Who is behind the cancellation of the Constellation program?, Rep. Rob Bishop According to Rep. Bishop’s website: “Last night on the Floor of the House of Representatives, Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) voiced concerns over statements made by NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, who is apparently the leading voice in the proposal to cancel the Constellation Program, NASA’s tested replacement for the retiring Space Shuttle.” […]

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  • March 27, 2010
One-Off Rockets

Time Magazine Falls for Rocket Launch Hoax – Names Ares “Invention of the Year” Based on Launch of Dummy Vehicle, Space Frontier Foundation “While many reporters know that Ares 1 is far behind schedule and likely to be canceled as an unnecessary and expensive distraction from real exploration missions, apparently Time magazine fell for this publicity hoax. There was no boy in the balloon and there most definitely was no […]

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  • November 16, 2009
Time Magazine's Best Invention of the Year

The Ares I Rocket, Time “TIME’s best invention of the year may send Americans back to the Moon and put the first human on Mars.” Keith’s note: Ares 1? There is no Ares 1. What is somewhat comical is that Time seems to think that the rocket that was launched is actually an Ares 1. It is not. Ares 1 only exists on paper and won’t exist in reality for […]

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  • November 12, 2009
Predictable Statements

NASA’s future – commercial, Constellation or Russia?, Orlando Sentinel “There are a few people in the administration who want to kill Ares I and put all the money in commercial and the [Augustine] report tends to endorse that type of scenario. I think that is absolutely wrong,” said Doc Horowitz, former astronaut and Constellation architect.” Senator Discusses NASA’s Future With Obama, WFTV.com “U.S. Senator Bill Nelson told Eyewitness News Monday […]

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  • November 2, 2009
Ares 1-X First Stage Damaged

NASA assessing dented booster from Ares 1-X launch, Spaceflight Now “Photographs taken by the recovery crew show the four-segment shuttle booster floating upright in the Atlantic Ocean shortly after splashdown. An initial inspection, sources said, revealed the sort of paint blistering that is typically found on shuttle boosters, along with a good sized dent in the lower segment that was photographed by divers.” 30 October 11:48 am EDT update: NASA […]

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  • October 30, 2009
Ares 1-X Staging Issue

Ares I-X rocket chalks up successful test flight, CNet “But in a departure from the expected flight program, the dummy second stage went into a flat tumble as it continued along its ballistic trajectory instead of maintaining a nose-forward orientation. The dummy upper stage rose to a maximum altitude of about 150,000 feet before arcing over and plunging back to Earth 150 miles east of the space center.” ‘We stand […]

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  • October 29, 2009