Posted
10/28/2009 06:40:00 PM
by Douglas
NASA successfully launches a single stage, sub-orbital un-manned
rocket this morning.
Nearly twice the height of the spaceship it's supposed to replace — the shuttle — the skinny experimental rocket carried no passengers or payload, only throwaway ballast and hundreds of sensors. The flight cost $445 million.
NASA said the flight was a tremendous success, based on early indications.
Welcome to 1959, NASA! Remember when you did this the first time, 60 years ago?