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Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-26-2009 04:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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NASA Brings Orion Spacecraft To National Mall For Public Viewing

NASA will showcase the next generation of spacecraft that will return humans to the moon in a day-long public event March 30 on the National Mall in Washington. The full-size mockup of the Orion crew exploration vehicle will be parked on the Mall between 4th and 7th Streets, SW, in front of the National Air and Space Museum.

The spacecraft mockup is on its way from water testing at the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Carderock Division in Bethesda to open water testing in the Atlantic off the coast of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The goal of the operation, dubbed the Post-landing Orion Recovery Test, or PORT, is to determine what kind of motions the astronaut crew can expect after landing, as well as conditions outside for the recovery team.

NASA engineers and personnel will be available all day at the National Mall event to answer questions about the Orion crew module and the Constellation program.

Orion is targeted to begin carrying humans to the International Space Station in 2015 and to the moon in 2020. Along with the Ares I and Ares V rockets and the Altair lunar lander, it is part of the Constellation Program that is developing the country's next capability for human exploration of the moon and further destinations in the solar system.

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So is anyone going to check this out on Monday? I toyed with the idea of driving up but it seems like 18 hours round trip might be a little difficult to pull off. I'd love to see some pictures though if any cSers head out to see it.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-30-2009 12:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

KSCartist
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posted 03-30-2009 01:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KSCartist   Click Here to Email KSCartist     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The door opens the wrong way.

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posted 03-30-2009 03:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ilbasso   Click Here to Email ilbasso     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
At least it opens outward...

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posted 03-30-2009 09:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LCDR Scott Schneeweis   Click Here to Email LCDR Scott Schneeweis     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
As reported on BBC News:

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Colin Anderton
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posted 03-31-2009 02:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Colin Anderton   Click Here to Email Colin Anderton     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Looking at the picture here, and also on the BBC news this morning, I can only say this:

If ever there was an admission that bringing the Apollo programme to an end in 1972 was a big mistake - this is it! It's Apollo with modern updated systems.

It is only a mock-up as yet, though...

Colin.

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