Ares I X Rollout

The Ares I-X rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center on the night of October 19, traveling the 4.2 miles to the launch pad over the span of about 6 hours. The launch of the Ares I-X, the first test flight of the new Ares I crew launch vehicle, is scheduled for the morning of October 27.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• NASA
• constellation
• Ares
• rockets
• aeronautics
• test
• KSC
• rollout

[gmlocp]

Why does it have a larger diameter at the top? I see other rockets like that.

[AresTV]

The idea is to maximize payload capacity while keeping the mass of the rocket as low as possible. The first stage diameter is fixed because the Ares I (and I-X) use the same solid rocket motors as the Shuttle, but with additional propellant.

[TrueNarniaFan]

Can't wait for the launch on Tuesday.

[remyworldpeace]

AWESOME!

[ti994apc]

NASA could not come up with something more expensive an ridiculous than Ares 1. This was a big mistake. NASA should never use solid rocket fuel for human travel. They should not be stacking the rocket together. They should not ask Lockheed to build something low cost and practical. In 1965, Gemini was safe, affordable, & reliable. We had 10 launches that year.  Lets use the same rocket and upgrade the second stage to hold more people. That what Russia did with Soyuz.

[pokemonmaster2203]

6 hours of staying still i cant do that

[pokemonmaster2203]

that takes what a hour or something?

[HydroCarbine]

450million Dollars funded in March, when the DOW was at an all time low since the post WW2 generation,to fire this empty rocket into space for tests already scientifically known to work.

What are they really using it for?

Why such an expensive rocket during a time when 400,000 jobs on average, per month, have been lost due to International bankers in the pockets of our politicians, funding private interest?

[putittogether]

This make me sick. Using 100 year old tech (rockets) to get us into space. It's sad, its demoralizing, and its stupid. Trillions of dollars spent on this technology and this is where we are today?....yes Trillions with a "T" We can barely archive manned orbit!!! Much less explore the solar system, and don't even think about deep space travel.

Jesus, we can barely get on the pond, much less a lake or ocean. Rockets....Somebody please wake me from this nightmare....

[threadysparrow]

it looks like a giant middle finger. yes, my comment regarding a multibillion dollar state of the art technological wonder is that "it looks like a giant middle finger"

[threadysparrow]

they do it reeeeaaallll reeeaaaalll slow

[Shaolintamo]

1:04 LOL!!!

[PanzerBuyer]

Really cool video! I still can't get over how confident they are moving it without any support structure, bolts holding it down don't count. I'd like to know how much wind it would take to blow it over. Waiting for the launch now fingers crossed.

[appletrades]

Thank you!