orion

Depending on how you feel about the Orion project at NASA, you may be interested to follow along with recent developments on their blog: https://blogs.nasa.gov/orion/ The latest test launch is still on schedule for Dec. 4th. Lots of good info in the link above if you are interested in that...

Well, looks like Obama has gotten the political word. Orion is back on the budget, but the Constellation boosters aren't. Instead, Orion will used as an escape pod for the ISS. Is this a win? I'm really wondering. This news story is obviously biased as the capsule prime is Martin Lockheed...