Friday, July 24, 2009

NASA's New Rocket Unsafe for Astronauts

"If the Ares I rocket malfunctioned, the report says, the crew capsule's escape system would not be able to blast itself and the astronauts inside it to safety, according to the Orlando Sentinel."

"Instead, a huge cone of red-hot rocket fuel would be spread over nearly three miles and the crew capsule's parachutes would be incinerated, causing it to fall thousands of feet to the Atlantic below."

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