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heng44
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posted 11-06-2010 03:23 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

The Ares I-X test rocket roars off Launch Pad 39B at KSC on October 28, 2009, producing 2.96 million pounds of thrust at liftoff and going supersonic in 39 seconds. At left is space shuttle Atlantis, poised on Launch Pad 39A for liftoff on STS-129.

Philip
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posted 11-06-2010 03:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
We hoped for another space race, this time with China but it looks the outcome is known before the race started

apolloprojeckt
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posted 11-06-2010 03:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for apolloprojeckt   Click Here to Email apolloprojeckt     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
mooooooooooooie foto ED!!!

Exciting day, until the last second!! and what a speed she had...

Max Q
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posted 11-06-2010 04:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Max Q   Click Here to Email Max Q     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What is the proximity between the two launch pads?

And it may be a stupid question if the Ares was to explode what is the chance of damaging shuttle?

ejectr
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posted 11-06-2010 10:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ejectr   Click Here to Email ejectr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Max Q:
And it may be a stupid question if the Ares was to explode what is the chance of damaging shuttle?
Ares was a solid rocket motor. Not likely to explode like a liquid fueled engine.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 11-06-2010 10:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Space.com: NASA: Rocket Test Won't Endanger Space Shuttle
"The impact zone for an explosion [at Ares I-X's launch pad] would just barely clip Pad A," [Space Shuttle Program Manager John] Shannon said...

Pad 39A, which NASA is using for its remaining shuttle missions, is about 1.6 miles (2.5 km) away with Atlantis.

tegwilym
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posted 11-08-2010 02:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for tegwilym   Click Here to Email tegwilym     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There was a brief time when that photo showed our future....

Apollo Redux
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posted 11-08-2010 06:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Apollo Redux   Click Here to Email Apollo Redux     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
One and done.

Nice pic.

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