Posted
5/15/2008 05:56:00 PM
by Douglas
NASA is at a crossroads. Do they fly the old shuttle, or do they focus on developing the new ship? Hey, I know! How 'bout
neither?!?NASA is expecting delays for the first tests of the rocket that will replace its aging space shuttles after they retire in 2010, agency officials said Thursday.
Anticipated delays for NASA's fall shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope may push back the first test of the agency's new Ares I rocket next year by up to a month since both flights use the same launch pad and other material, said Jeff Hanley, the agency's Constellation program manager.
NASA initially planned to launch a test version of its two-stage Ares I rocket around April 15, 2009, but the vital flight may now slip to late May of that year in a ripple of delays related to the Hubble servicing mission.
Time to shit or get off the pot.