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NASA cancelled Constelaltion program. Now, Space Launch System (SLS) expendable launch vehicle is the planned replacement for Space Shuttle program. SLS aims to
by swatkat 10y ago
NASA cancelled Constelaltion program. Now, Space Launch System (SLS) expendable launch vehicle is the planned replacement for Space Shuttle program. SLS aims to provide heavy cargo lifting and human spaceflight (via Orion capsule) capabilities.
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_october_2015_fact_sheet.pdf http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_octo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)
Progress updates: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/sls/ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/sls/
- nickff 10y agoSLS is a reconfigured version of the larger rocket from the Constellation program (Ares V); renamed for political purposes. The 'Senate Launch System' will take humans nowhere useful, and its real purpose is to preserve the employment status of the people developing it.