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"Jeff Findley" wrote:

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I have found this article in www.flightglobal.com:

http://tinyurl.com/z8qrg

The headline is:

"NASA's hopes of manned flights before 2014 are dashed as Orion
programme hits first hold-up".

" While McKenzie was sure his company could deliver the Orion for a 2012
manned flight, at the 31 August contractor selection announcement Project
Orion office manager Caris Hatfeld said "a full and final" Ares I test was
unlikely before 2012 in order to complete the launcher's upper stage and its
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne J-2X engine. That 2012 test flight will not be
manned. "

So this "shuttle derived" launch vehicle won't have a full-up test until
2012, six years from now, and it's unlikely to fly manned until after 2012.

One more reason to oppose Ares...

Jeff

Ares provides too many jobs and props up too many careers. It will not
be cancelled unless private crewed spacecraft are flying rings around
ISS, and perhaps not until Ares is killing people.