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Rise of the Mega Rockets: Comparing Heavy Lift Launch Systems
An Ariane 5 heads spaceward. Credit: Ariane.tv screenshot.
A new generation of space rockets ready to lift new and exciting payloads spaceward is coming to a sky near you.
Tomorrow, a Delta IV Heavy rocket will boost the Orion space capsule on a two orbit journey around the Earth that will test key systems. And though tomorrow’s launch is uncrewed, the Orion Command Module will one day form the core of NASA’s Orion MPCV Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and is slated to care out humanity’s first mission to an asteroid and beyond in the next decade.(…)
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Post tags: ariane 6, Dragon, EFT-1, Falcon 9 Heavy, new launch systems, Orion EFT-1, spotting eft-1
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/116943/rise-of-the-mega-rockets-comparing-heavy-lift-launch-systems/
