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Old 08-12-2009, 06:15 PM
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Space Shuttles Replacement?

The Ares rocket and Orion spacecraft will replace the space shuttles from 2015 onwards. I don't understand: the Orion looks a carbon copy of the Apollo capsule only slightly bigger. It cannot carry any payload or carry out any research and can't land by itself. Can NASA call this a progression or a step backward? What do you think?
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