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Panel says planned NASA rocket won’t do the job

The rocket set to replace the space shuttle is too expensive and won’t be ready in time, the Augustine Committee concludes

By Ron Cowen

- More than 2 years ago

The committee charged with reviewing NASA’s human spaceflight program concludes that the Ares 1 rocket being developed to take astronauts into space after the space shuttle is retired is the wrong vehicle for the job.