NASA tests new moon rocket, 50 years after Apollo
Posted By: DVC, 8/28/2022 11:55:53 AM
Years late and billions over budget, NASA’s new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket will attempt to send an empty crew capsule into a far-flung lunar orbit, 50 years after NASA's famed Apollo moonshots. If all goes well, astronauts could strap in as soon as 2024 for a lap around the moon, with NASA aiming to land two people on the lunar surface by the end of 2025. Liftoff is set for Monday morning from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The six-week test flight is risky and could be cut short if something fails, NASA officials warn.
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During the Apollo era, I lived in central Florida, and attended several Apollo launches in person at the Cape, and watched two from the edge of our lake, easily seeing the rocket with it's huge plume of flame at a distance of just over 100 miles. Amazing times, and now, after half a century of doing nothing much, we are headed back to the moon. Unfortunately, barely enough funding to trickle this through. Too little funding actually drives up costs in the long run, as dribs and drabs are inefficient, and take forever, yet add up.