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Yes, it's been planned for a couple of years.
by smackfu 12y ago
Yes, it's been planned for a couple of years.
- debacle 12y agoThanks. To the outside observer it seemed like the two were connected.
- Strom 12y agoThe two are connected, this is a test launch of Orion, the ship meant for taking us to Mars.
- smackfu 12y agoIt's kind of like, NASA taking advantage of the Orion test flight press to get their Mars plan out there.
- trhway 12y agowell, considering that Orion is intended for beyond LEO missions including Mars...
- smackfu 12y agoOrion is pretty unsuited for a mission as long as a Mars trip. So I doubt the spacecraft used for that would have anything to do with what they are currently calling Orion.
- trhway 12y agobe my guest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28spacecraft%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28spacecraft%29 . Search for "Mars". Of course, it wouldn't be the "long-term deep space habitat" module - that would be a specialized module.