On 08/23/2010 10:58 PM, Alan Erskine wrote:
On 24/08/2010 8:34 AM, Brian Thorn wrote:
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:04:58 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

They are now pressure testing orion, just wasting more money on a
capsule idea that probably wouldnt even be rembered, other than as
another example of government waste........

so why havent they buried the dead horse? its rotting and begining to
stink.........

Orion isn't dead. President Obama reinstated the project in April
(after killing it in February) as a lifeboat for the Space Station.


Cites?


Alan, what rock have you been hiding under since April? Brian is
correct; Orion is the one element of Constellation that the
administration, Senate, and House proposals all support.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/science/space/14nasa.html?_r=1&hpw

http://www.spacenews.com/civil/100413-orion-become-crew-lifeboat-under-revised-obama-plan.html

http://www.space.com/news/obama-space-plan-revives-orion-sn-100413.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/14/obama_orion_backtrack/

http://www.hobbyspace.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=19953