Amid criticism, engineers consider alternative NASA rockets
NASA engineers are considering alternative designs for a heavy-lift rocket to send into space affordably amid criticism that the Constellation Program is taking too long and costing too much. Options being looked at include a rocket made from the space shuttle's external fuel tank, engines and solid-fuel rocket boosters. The engineers' findings are to be finished by Thanksgiving.
Orlando Sentinel (Fla.)
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This story published in AIA dailyLead® on 11/13/2009
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