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Old 08-12-2009, 06:35 PM
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Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)
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LOL! Not quite Vincent

THere are two different rocket packages in the Ares series - the Ares I Crew Vehicle (which is what you've referred to) carrying the Orion:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/co...esl/index.html

...and the Ares V Cargo Launch Vehicle, the work horse. It's quite massive, and will lift more than the Saturn V:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/co...esV/index.html

When complete, they will be larger than these facsimiles here....

After launch they meet in an Earth orbit rendezvous, and the crew in Orion mate with the lunar (or other) vehicle, and off they go to the moon or wherever.
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