NASA gives up on Ares I-Y test due to cost concerns
NASA doesn't have the funds needed to quickly build an upper-stage engine for the Ares rocket, forcing the Constellation program manager to recommend scrapping the planned Ares I-Y test flight. "Because of the cost-constrained environment that we've been in, I just cannot get an engine to that vehicle soon enough," says program manager Jeff Hanley.
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