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To: BenLurkin

Do we have a rocket on which to mount this capsule?


18 posted on 11/02/2013 10:48:21 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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To: MacNaughton

I think it’s going to be an Atlas at first and then the big SpaceX booster later.


19 posted on 11/03/2013 3:07:46 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: MacNaughton

I was wrong:

Orion EFT-1 will blastoff atop a mammoth United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket – the most powerful booster in America’s arsenal since the shuttle’s retirement in 2011.

Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/105687/orion-crew-module-comes-alive-at-t-minus-1-year-to-maiden-blastoff/#ixzz2ja19Gqu2


20 posted on 11/03/2013 3:11:23 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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