Ares 1-X Flight Test Launches in High Definition (HD)

October 28, 2009 - Kennedy Space Center.
After shrugging off some delays due to clouds, Ares I-X has lifted off into the Florida sky and done what it was designed to do: lift off, test the flight software, perform a separation maneuver, and test the recovery system. This is a great day for the Ares I-X Mission Management Office, and a first step toward NASAs next generation of human spaceflight. More details on the data will be coming out over the next several days, weeks, and months.

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[Zoomer30]

Still shocks the hell out of me that just a 1 deg gimbals of the SRB nozzle can make such an abrupt "fly away" move. May have to tone that down a bit on TRT.

[Zoomer30]

Rockets dont give off CO2 and the amount would be small if they did. SRBs are not however the most green rocket there is (but the SatV was even worse: Burned high grade kerosene).

The best is any engine that burns H2 and O2. H2+O2 = heat and H20.

But they are tricky.

The "green" discussion is also another nail in the DIRECT option coffin. With direct you use 4 SRBS for one lunar flight, 2 SRBS for a ISS flight.

The Ares system only uses 1 for a ISS flight and 3 for a lunar.

[RolandsSmoked]

:? co2 emissions ? :D

[joachim2464]

johoo!