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Ares I Rocket Passes Preliminary Design Review; Some Issues Still To Be Addressed After Review; Critical Design Review Next For Rocket System

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Thursday, September 11th, 2008

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Orion November Preliminary Design Review Delayed The Ares I rocket that will power the next-generation Orion crew capsule into space passed its preliminary design review (PDR) with only a few outstanding issues still open, NASA leaders told journalists. It was the first final PDR for developing a manned space vehicle in more than 35 years, since the program to produce the space shuttles. Earlier Ares PDRs focused on individual segments of the rocket, while the PDR conference this week examined…

Congress

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Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

Hegseth Acknowledges Potential $200 Billion Iran Supplemental Request, Final Figure ‘Could Move’

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