Comments on: Ares I-X Fully Stacked

By: Astrofiend

Astrofiend — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:52:29 +0000

Damn impressive, but I just realised – this thing actually looks almost exactly like a dart in profile, apart from being without the fletchings on the tail.

The damn thing looks like it is top-heavy! I know that doesn't matter a jot, but it strikes me as aesthetically unco.

By: pink

pink — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:37:57 +0000

"For the first time in more than a quarter-century, a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building."

That is awesome.

By: Maxwell

Maxwell — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:41:30 +0000

Its an impressive looking machine… a good deal taller and thinner than it seems on paper.

Hopefully the launch will go well. If only so that the parts of NASA which survive the Obama administration can say they tried.