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The cover of the "Winds of altair" is my favorite from all the pics shown here.
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This is nothing more then a trade study funded to the tune of billons that will never meet any form of budget constrant or imposed schedule. altair, orion, ares are just a bunch of legos in the puzzle that will never be built.
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It is best to try and drum up support for the MOON program I agree. altair orion ares rover and Pooof NOTHING exist.
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But, if you look at the exploration budget numbers, I don't think any real moon/mars stuff (Ares V, altair) really starts until what would be his second term.
Election 2008 Update 10 March 2008: This Does Not Sound Hopeful - NASA Watch 2008
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But, if you look at the exploration budget numbers, I don't think any real moon/mars stuff (Ares V, altair) really starts until what would be his second term.
Election 2008 Update 10 March 2008: This Does Not Sound Hopeful - NASA Watch 2008
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chained_bear commented on the word altair
"Atair, or Altair, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila, and of the first magnitude; and its meridian altitude is frequently observed by mariners, for ascertaining the latitude...."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 24
October 13, 2008