Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Orion Flight Test

With the comet landing in the news you might have missed the roll out of the new Orion capsule for its first flight test in December.  Here is a link to a info video.


This is exciting, but I am always suspicious of political spin. The following video has some background info but seems overly focused on praising the shuttle program and even mentions the Orion as a backup for shuttling to the international space station.

A point of interest, this video mentions a lunar return mission with up to six months spent on the lunar surface and possibly the poles (containing water) as a target.

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