NASA Orion Spacecraft to Return Explorers to the Moon & Mars

NASA update highlighting U.S. Army Soldier and International Space Station flight engineer/science officer, COL Jeff Williams' public announcement of Orion, the newest NASA spacecraft that will be deployed for future missions to the Moon and Mars.

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• NASA
• science
• space
• Orion
• Spacecraft
• Moon
• Mars
• COL
• Jeff
• Williams

[Fricasso79]

The space shuttle is just an oversized glider that gets blasted into space on a giant firework. Orion is what real spacecraft look like. Do people really think that something is more spaceshippy just because it has wings and tail fins?

[zataflex]

There is a main reason for that. Shuttle was not a replacement of Apollo. Apollo was made to reach the moon, the space Shuttle to reach the orbit and come back. In this moment the strategy is to let private companies to reach the orbit and do it as cheap as possible and to make a new Apollo to reach the moon and other planets again but with a XXI century technology. That's the reason Constellation has no wings and looks so old.

[HungryGreeny]

@Fricasso79 But shuttle was a step forward at least. Orion is apollo with lcd screens inside. And nasa says about it like it is brand new technology.

[tomanyasses]

well if we all worked on going tomars and living there we earth peole could of done it tne years ago but knowwwwwwwwww we have to have our drugs and religions and our other shitty things we do. well at least most of the people. so everytime you see a pot head religous nut say thanks for scewing up our trip to mars shit heads and the shitty courts we have to who worship money

[NeutralNegotiator]

@Fricasso79 By your way of thought, orion is like a rock thrown into space by a firework....and a glider is much better than a rock. Orion is the attempt of nasa to make something that works with the money they have, since americans desided that its much more important to spent money on killing people all over the world.

[neonWHALE002]

I'm curious but since terraforming mars is possible, can it be the same with the moon? someone reply :)

[JustAnAdjunct]

@Qasimbajwaa

Wow, old comment. Not one of my more polite ones either :-/

If I'm not mistaken LM's current cost estimate for the development of the Orion/ ISS Life boat is 4.5 billion. It's sad that it's been downsized so much though. As if Ares I wasn't enough, now it's not even going to be a BEO capable spacecraft. It's a shame really, the only part of Cxp that's still viable and it's been reduced to an ISS rescue pod.

[Qasimbajwaa]

@JustAnAdjunct one Orion capsule costs over 3.5 billion dollars doesn't it?

[Zombibombi62]

well space traveling isn't exactly the cheapest thing on earth.

[sideslide23]

Never mind now, It's not going to happen since Florida is on the very edge of Bankruptcy Since the state congress didn't pass the proper budget for Nasa, the states credit rating will be lowered to "junk bond" Status i. e No way of ever funding for this space craft, the good news is they'll find way to pay welfare, sect 8 housing, food stape child care, trade school prison housing and service ect for 18 + Million illegal aliens in Florida

[DSD1v57BG32]

To thin, its built only for low orbit space.