NASA beefs up design of proposed lunar spacecraft
China Daily | Updated: 2008-06-27 07:41
Steve Cook, manager of the Ares project office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Atlanta, stands in front of a video screen while discussing rocket design during a media briefing on Wednesday. AP |
NASA unveiled a beefed-up redesign of a proposed moon rocket on Wednesday, saying the Ares V spacecraft that is to carry astronauts to the lunar surface in 12 years will be around 38 stories tall and carry a heftier load than originally planned.
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