*** FUCKING DUMB AMERICANS - EVERY FUCKING WHERE YOU LOOK

Martha Adams wrote:
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Sept. 10, 2008

Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-4997/0668
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June Malone
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
256-544-0034
june.e.mal...@xxxxxxxx
RELEASE: 08-228

NASA'SARESI ROCKET PASSES REVIEW TO REACH CRITICAL MILESTONE

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has taken a major step toward building the
nation's next generation launch vehicle with Wednesday's successful
completion of theAresI rocket preliminary design review.

Starting in 2015, theAresI rocket will launch the Orion crew
exploration vehicle, its crew of four to six astronauts, and small
cargo payloads to the International Space Station. The rocket also
will be used for missions to explore the moon and beyond in the
coming decades.

The preliminary design review is the first such milestone in more
than
35 years for a U.S. rocket that will carry astronauts into space. The
review was conducted at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in
Huntsville, Ala. It examined the current design for theAresI launch
vehicle to assess that the planned technical approach will meet
NASA's requirements for the fully integrated vehicle. That ensures
all components of the vehicle and supporting systems are designed to
work together.

"This is a critical step for development of theAresI rocket," said
Rick Gilbrech, associate administrator of the Exploration Systems
Mission Directorate in Washington. "Completing the preliminary design
review of the integrated vehicle demonstrates our engineering design
and development are on sound footing, and theAresI design work is
taking us another step closer to building America's next mode of
space transportation."

The preliminary design review included more than 1,100 reviewers from
seven NASA field centers and multiple industry partners. The review
is the final step of this design process. Teams representing each
major part of theAresI rocket -- the upper stage engine, first
stage and upper stage -- all have conducted similar reviews during
the past year.

The preliminary design review is one of a series of reviews that
occurs before actual flight hardware can be built. As the review
process progresses, more detailed parts of the vehicle design are
assessed to ensure the overall system can meet all NASA requirements
for safe and reliable flight. This process also identifies technical
and management challenges and addresses ways to reduce potential
risks as the project goes forward.

"Risk assessment is a very important part of the process," said Steve
Cook, manager of theAresI rocket at Marshall. "It allows us to
identify issues that might impact theAresI rocket. For example, we
identified thrust oscillation - vibration in the first stage - as a
risk. In response to this issue, we formed an engineering team. The
team conducted detailed analyses and reviewed previous test data, and
then recommended options to correct the problem."

"We intend to hold a limited follow-up review next summer to fully
incorporate the thrust oscillation recommendations into the stacked
vehicle design," Cook added. "Identifying risks that can impact the
project and resolving them is a necessary and vital part of the
development process."

With the completion of this review, each element of theAresI rocket
will move to the detailed design phase. A critical design review will
mark the completion of the detailed design phase and allows for a
more thorough review of each system element to ensure the vehicle
design can achieve requirements of theAresprogram.

This week, the J-2X engine will be the firstAresI element to kick
off the critical design review process. The engine will power theAresI upper stage to orbit after separation from the first stage.

"We're excited about getting into full system engine tests with the
new J-2X engine," Cook said. "This will be one of the safest, most
affordable and highest performing rocket engines ever built, and
testing is critical as we begin preparation for future flights."

Marshall manages theAresprojects and is responsible for design and
development of theAresI rocket andAresV heavy cargo launch
vehicle. NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston manages the
Constellation Program, which includes theAresI rocket, theAresV
vehicle, the Orion crew capsule and the Altair lunar lander. NASA's
Kennedy Space Center in Florida is responsible for ground and launch
operations. The program also includes multiple project element teams
at NASA centers and contract organizations around the U.S.

For more information about theAresrockets, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ares

For more information about NASA's Constellation Program, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/constellation

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Starting 2015?
Is this a realistic forecast? Only 7 years left. Does anyone remember
how long the first launch of the space shuttle was delayed?

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"Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it,"
but presently I've a couple of questions.

1) How will the new President put his mark on the NASA
space program, and what will this do to the Ares project?

2) How do Ares development costs compare to SpaceX/Falcon
development costs?

I simply refuse to believe that there are still Americans who are still SO FUCKING STUPID that they think that ARES I is a great idea, let alone think that it will ever fly. But the evidence doesn't lie, there are.

Who could imagine ...

It can't happen here
It can't happen here
I'm telling you, my dear
That it can't happen here
Because I been checkin' it out, baby
I checked it out a couple a times

But I'm telling you
It can't happen here
Oh darling, it's important that you believe me
(Bop bop bop bop)
That it can't happen here

Who could imagine that they would freak out somewhere
in Kansas . . .
(Kansas . . . Kansas . . . Kansas . . . Kansas . . . )
(Kansas, Kansas, do-do-dun to-to
Kansas, Kansas, la la la)
(Kansas, Kansas, do-do-dun to-to
Kansas, Kansas)
Who could imagine that they would freak out in Minnesota . . .
(Mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi
Mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi . . . )
(Mama Minnesota, Mama Minnesota, Mama Minnesota,
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma Mama Minnesota,
Mama Minnesota, Mama Minnesota,
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma Mama Minnesota)
Who could imagine . . .

Who could imagine
That they would freak out in Washington, D.C.
(AC/DC bop-bop-bop)
(AC/DC do-do-do-dun, AC/DC
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma, AC/DC)
But it can't happen here
Oh baby, it can't happen here
(AC/DC bop-bop-bop)
Oh baby, it can't happen here
(AC/DC bop-bop-bop)
It can't happen here
Everybody's safe and it can't happen here
(AC/DC bop-bop-bop)
No freaks for us
(AC/DC bop-bop-bop)
It can't happen here
(AC/DC bop-bop-bop)
Everybody's clean and it can't happen here
No, no, it won't happen here
(No, no, it won't happen here)
(AC/DC bop-bop-bop)
I'm telling you it can't
(AC/DC bop-bop-bop)
It won't happen here
Bop-bop-ditty-bop
(I'm not worried at all, I'm not worried at all)
Ditty-bop-bop-bop
Plastic folks, you know
It won't happen here
You're safe, mama
(No no no)
You're safe, baby
(No no no)
You just cook a tv dinner
(No no no)
And you make it
Bop bop bop
(No no no)
Oh, we're gonna get a tv dinner and cook it up
(No no no no no no no!)
Oh, get a tv dinner and cook it up
Cook it up
Oh, and it won't happen here
Who could imagine
That they would freak out in the suburbs!
(No no no no no no no no no no
Man you guys are really safe
Everything's cool)

I remember (tu-tu)
I remember (tu-tu)
I remember (tu-tu)
They had a swimming pool
I remember (tu-tu)
I remember (tu-tu)
They had a swimming pool
I remember (tu-tu)
I remember (tu-tu)
They had a swimming pool

And they thought it couldn't happen here
(duh duh duh)
They knew it couldn't happen here
They were so sure it couldn't happen here
But . . .

Martha . . .
Yes yes, oh yes--I've always felt that
Yes, I agree man, it really makes it . . . yeah . . .
It's a real THING, man, it really makes it

Frank Zappa: Martha, you just got to town, and we've been . . . we've been very interested in your development

Martha : Forget it!

Hmmmmmmmmm
(It can't happen here)
.