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NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket

This artist rendering shows NASA's next-generation of moon rockets being developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Ala. Ares I, left, is the crew launch vehicle that will carry astronauts to space. Ares V is the cargo launch vehicle that will deliver the lunar lander and other large hardware to space. By day, the engineers in Huntsville, work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover, working on a competing design. These dissenters and their backers say their alternative rocket would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft, which have already cost NASA $7 billion. This artist rendering shows NASA's next-generation of moon rockets being developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Ala.

NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket

This artist rendering shows NASA's next-generation of moon rockets being developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Ala. Ares I, left, is the crew launch vehicle that will carry astronauts to space. Ares V is the cargo launch vehicle that will deliver the lunar lander and other large hardware to space. By day, the engineers in Huntsville, work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover, working on a competing design. These dissenters and their backers say their alternative rocket would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft, which have already cost NASA $7 billion. (AP Photo/NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center)

NASA engineers work secretly on new moon rocket; team says design would be cheaper, safer

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) _ By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design. These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative rocket that would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle.They call their project Jupiter, and like Ares, it's a brainchild of workers at the Marshall Space Flight Center and other NASA facilities. The engineers involved are doing the work on their own time and mostly anonymously, with the help of retirees and other space enthusiasts.

NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket

By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design. These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative rocket that would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle.

NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket (AP)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design. These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative rocket that would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle.

NASA Engineers Work on Alternative Moon Rocket

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design. These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative rocket that would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle.

NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design. These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative rocket that would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle.

NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design. These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative rocket that would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle.

NASA Engineers Work on Alternative Moon Rocket

Some of the engineers who are working on the NASA Ares moon rocket leave the office in the evening and work on a new rocket that could be easier and safer to build.

NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design.

NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design.

NASA Engineers Work On Alternative Moon Rocket

Gibson writes "A team of 57 engineers at NASA's Marshall Spaceflight center feel that the Ares rocket is not the best solution for launching the new CEV. They are currently working on their own time developing an alternative launch system known as Jupiter. The 131 page proposal, along with other information, is available on the project website. Proponents of the project say that it is 'simpler, safer, and sooner' than the Ares project, predicting the ability for a return to the moon in 2017, two years before the current goal. Ares management has so far dismissed the proposal as a 'napkin drawing.'"

NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket

This rendering released by Direct Launcher shows a rocket design that advocates say is a better alternative for returning to the moon than the Ares rockets being built by NASA. The Jupiter 232 rocket on the left would be used for cargo launches, while the version of the right could launch both cargo and astronauts. (AP Photo/Direct Launcher, Antonio Maia)

NASA Engineers Team Up With Retirees to Secretly Develop Alternative Moon Rocket

A handful of rogue NASA engineers have gone underground and spent their spare time from the Constellation program working on a rocket dubbed "Jupiter"—an alternative that they believe will be "safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle." Jupiter is being developed with the help of a team that includes retired NASA engineers and enthusiasts who are working (mostly) anonymously.

NASA Engineers Design Alternative Moon Rocket

Several engineers working on NASA’s new Ares moon rockets believe they have created an alternative rocket that would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle.

NASA engineers work secretly on new moon rocket; team says design would be cheaper, safer

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design.

NASA engineers work secretly on new moon rocket; team says design would be cheaper, safer

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design.

NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and industry engineers have successfully completed the first drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The drogue parachute is designed to slow the rapid descent of the spent first-stage motor, cast off by the Ares I rocket during its climb to space. The successful test is a key early milestone in development and production of the Ares I rocket, the first launch vehicle for NASA's Constellation Program that will send explorers to the International Space Station, the moon and beyond in coming decades. The drogue parachute is a vital element of the Ares I deceleration system and will permit recovery of the reusable first-stage motor for use on future Ares I flights. Engineers from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket

This artist rendering shows NASA's next-generation of moon rockets being developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Ala. Ares I, left, is the crew launch vehicle that will carry astronauts to space. Ares V is the cargo launch vehicle that will deliver the lunar lander and other large hardware to space.

Moonlighting NASA Engineers: Our Rocket Tops NASA's

This rendering shows a rocket design that advocates say is a better alternative for returning to the moon than NASA's Ares rocket.

NASA engineers work secretly on new moon rocket with cheaper, safer design

By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design. These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative rocket that would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle.

NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket

This artist rendering shows NASAs next-generation of moon rockets being developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville Ala. Ares I left is the crew launch vehicle that will carry astronauts to space. Ares V is the cargo launch veh ...

NASA engineers work secretly on new moon rocket with cheaper, safer design

These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative rocket that would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle.

NASA engineers work secretly on new moon rocket with cheaper, safer design

These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative rocket that would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle.

NASA Proposes High-Tech Fix for Shaking Moon Rocket: Springs

Development of NASA's Ares Moon rockets continues apace, despite criticisms from an team designing an alternative. Now NASA engineers have announced how they're going to deal with a potentially serious vibration problem in the crew-launched Ares I: springs.

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