| Story Views | |
| Now: | |
| Last Hour: | |
| Last 24 Hours: | |
| Total: | |
Antares Launch Ignites Commercial Space Competition Race
Antares rocket erect at the Eastern shore of Virginia slated for maiden liftoff on April 17. Only a few hundred feet of beach sand and a miniscule sea wall separate the Wallops Island pad from the Atlantic Ocean waves and Mother Nature. Credit: Ken Kremer (kenkremer.com)
The commercial space competition race is about to begin, and with a big bang at a most unexpected locale; Virginia’s Eastern shore.
The new and privately developed Antares rocket will ignite a new space race in the commercial arena – if all goes well – when the engines fire for Antares maiden soar to space slated for Wednesday, April 17.
“This is the biggest, loudest and brightest rocket (…)
Read the rest of Antares Launch Ignites Commercial Space Competition Race (721 words)
© Ken Kremer for Universe Today, 2013. |
Permalink |
No comment |
Post tags: Antares, Cygnus capsule, NASA, NASA Wallops
Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh
2013-04-16 21:46:22
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/101441/antares-launch-ignites-commercial-space-competition-race/
Source:
