On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:35:49 +0100, Jochem Huhmann
wrote:


I'm still suspicious of that Ares name; it's very odd for a civilian
spacecraft, unless the reference is to Mars, the Roman god of war.

I still have the suspicion that the DoD had some spiffy ideas what to do
with a launcher capable of 60t of payload and this was the sole reason
for Bush to talk of going to the Moon and Mars...

If that were the case, why bother with Ares I (a vehicle in the same
class as the EELVs, but not nearly as versatile) when they only want
the Ares V?

Brian