NASA moon rocket may shake too much: engineers

[Chipstone306]

GOD please bring back the Saturn V rockets !!!!!
this is not good news at all

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080119/moon_rocket_080119/20080119?hub=SciTech

 

[Director]

Actually, it's great news, the Ares I should have never even made it into the engineering phase. Additionally, there is no God, and the Saturn V ain't coming back. Get over it.

 

[Chipstone306]

next thing you are going to say is that the Easter Bunny does not exist and that there never was a moon mission!

what about using the saturn v as a template for newer engines?

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Well, the J-2X on the Ares is derived from the J-2 that shot the SV second stage up and third stage to the moon.

 

[willy88]

Wouldn't it be cheaper just to modify an existing rocket, such as a Delta IV, instead of cannibalizing the STS?

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Wouldn't it be cheaper just to modify an existing rocket, such as a Delta IV, instead of cannibalizing the STS?

By several orders of magnitude. They just want to keep the STS workforce those little