NASA's Ares I-X moon rocket makes first test flight

[RyanJ]

NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The test flight lasted about six minutes from its launch from the newly-modified Launch Complex 39B until splash down of the rocket's booster stage nearly 150 miles down range...

 

http://www.physorg.com/news175953892.html

[liarliarpof]

Good news! Now we are one step closer to fetching a large batch of moon rocks to sell to the uber-pikers that profited from this 'Great Recession' we now wallow in!