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Space

NASA Begins New Heavy-Lift Rocket Planning

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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford NASA last week kicked off its effort to develop a new heavy-lift rocket by 2015, just as some members of Congress crafted plans to speed up that schedule. President Barack Obama is seeking in the fiscal year 2011 NASA budget to dismantle the Constellation space-shuttle-replacement program, which has included the developmental Ares I launch vehicle and Orion crew capsule and a future Ares V heavy-lift rocket. Obama pledged in April to begin building a new heavy-lift rocket…

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