Friday, October 05, 2007

New Lunar Lander Designs Take Shape

Cool. Hopefully we'll stay this time.
Interestingly, with the Orion project currently in the midst of re-baselining Orion via the Zero Base Vehicle process, the Lunar Lander project appears to be using that as a starting point for their project, with the self-titled Minimal Functionality Lander.
The designs were the cause of excitement at the 'all hands' meeting, especially at MSFC (Marshall Space Flight Center), where the bulk of the Constellation design work is taking place.

'The reality is we're working on getting back to the moon, and that work begins here,' said MSFC Director David King at the 'all hands' meeting. 'We have a unique set of skills and capabilities that combine the exploration agenda and all the things that are needed to do that with the scientific component.


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