Project Constellation: NASA's New Spaceships

Yes David!  That's the new beast and I can't wait to see it liftoff.  Also not to miss is the launching of STS-121 on saturday afternoon at 3:49pm.  This will be critical, if any failure occur to that flight, you can bet the ISS development would be seriously limited.

A funny fact is I only missed one launch and one landing of all the space shuttles missions ... the launch was chalenger in 1986 and the landing was Columbia in 2003.  Isn't it weird?  I've watch all other launch and landing live (or at least as soon as any tv channel was broadcasting it) often getting the alarm clock to wake me up during the night.  Now I don't want to miss any of those since I feel guilty about these failures.

I expect the new spacecraft launch to be as spectacular as the Saturn V was.  Have you ever seen the "Spacecraft films" documentary on the Saturn V launches?  That's simply incredible.

Now can some manufacturer make a kit of those new spacecrafts please?  I know, I know, I'm dreaming!

Yeah, please make sure you don't miss anymore launches.

Have you ever had the opportunity to watch one in person?  I was to one while I was stationed in Orlando.  A buddy of mine and I managed to get car passes and so we took our families down there.  It was an early morning launch, still dark out when it went up.  Totally awesome!!  If anyone ever has a chance to go, I highly recommend it.

Lucky you!  I never had the chance to get there but I plan to make a trip to Disney world with the kids in few years.  I'll make sure there is a launch scheduled during those vacations and I will not miss it.  Maybe it will be time for the new CEV to launch!

 Wow this is great stuff! Like I said in another post I grew up in the years of Gemini thru today and I tell you there's is nothing like those moon missions! I have had the pleasure of seeing live launches and there is nothing like feeling those monster Saturns rumble on the launch pad just seconds before liftoff! It starts in your feet slowly working it's way up your legs, up into your guts then into your chest. Man you can feel them in your chest! When they lift off your heart is pounding, man there is no feeling in the world like it. Those Saturns were soooo hugh. This was just from watching at a safe distance. Just think how our astronauts were feeling. Wow

Zip

The Ares v is not a new cocept. It was the design for the Ares Mars direct L/V designed in 1991. I believe that this concept has been on the back burner at Nasa since then. Let's hope that the shuttle program continues w/o anymore mishaps. I am actually looking foward to seeing the Ares both 1 and 5, in action. Just waiting for Models of the Ares might actually take longer than this project to come to life. Oh yeah, Good job by the Discovery crew and Vehichle! Let's go Atlantis!

Jann

Don't you ever miss another launch!!  I worked in MCC for Columbia.  Very tragic.