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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:26 am Post subject: Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.23.08) |
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"A lot of us turned to this [Direct] because we realized Ares is not going to fly. . . . Based on the ground rules placed upon NASA by Congress -- that as much of the shuttle system as possible needed to be used -- Direct is the best solution." Source: An anonymous NASA contractor working on the Constellation program at Kennedy Space Center, regarding an alternative to NASA's Ares rocket system now under development. Called Direct 2.0, or the Jupiter 120, the program actually began life as NASA's own work back in 1986 as a concept to restart the space program after the loss of Challenger.
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