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    Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist

    The Vehicle Of Our Mars Dreams Is A Needle Waiting To Thread Space

    Will This Rocket Help Ignite A New Space Race, Or A New World War?

    The Suits That Carried Our Heroes To The Moon

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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    AND it didn't even blow up! so it's like a double bonus! #space
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    Hell. Yes. #space
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    Awesome photo. #space
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    Teenagers cheer as NASA's new Supersonic TP Dispenser wraps entire Florida counties in two-ply goodness. #space
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    (drools)...pretty #space
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    It wasn't that early. It was set off at 11:30 AM EDT. My son and I watched it go up over our house and he made me replay it three times on the NASA TV channel. #space
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    Image of Ausoleil Ausoleil
    10/29/09

    @redqueenmeg: you live at sea? I kid, I kid. #space
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    10/29/09

    @Ausoleil: I'm still just mystified as to why it says "early" this morning. I guess it was early in Hawaii? #space
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    Image of WestMantooth WestMantooth
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    I hope whoever is piloting isn't on their laptop. #space
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    Image of Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
    10/28/09

    @WestMantooth: Nope. They were definitely using desktops. #space
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    Did they at least put a monkey on board? #space
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    Image of Myrone Bagalay Myrone Bagalay
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    This is what happens when an object reaches 768mph aka "sound barrier" #space
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    Image of riotnrrd riotnrrd
    10/28/09

    @Myrone Bagalay: Not true. This is an example of a "Prandtl-Glauert condensation cloud", which can also occur at lower speeds. They are not a visible manifestation of the sound barrier being broken, but rather the result of some pretty complex fluid dynamics in the air. #space
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    Image of squidink squidink
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist

    Rock IT, man. #space
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    Image of Strakus Strakus
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    " First new rocket in 30 years" is a bit of a stretch. The subsequent generations of Delta, Atlas, and Titan boosters may have shared names and some tooling with their predecessors, but they eventually ended up being new boosters, (The Atlas V even uses a Russian-built first stage engine) and the Ares I uses a lengthened shuttle solid rocket motor and an upperstage derived from a Saturn V J-2. Everyone borrows whatever parts they can. #space
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    Image of burlybax burlybax
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    Were giving space a giant Swine Flu Vaccine #space
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    Roklimber promoted this comment burlybax was starred burlybax was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/28/09

    @burlybax: Yeah, because of, you know, Pigs In Space (reference to the Muppet Show's version of Lost In Space, for those who might not get the reference). #space
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    10/28/09

    @Roklimber: PIGS IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...!

    That was my favorite part of tht show as a child. #space
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/28/09

    @ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.:

    Well, then, here's something to appease our brains... enjoy! #space
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    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    That isn't mist, it's a WARP FIELD.
    Godspeed, Zephram Cochrane! #space
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    Roklimber promoted this comment John Hazard was starred John Hazard was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/28/09

    @John Hazard: No, no, that won't happen until April 3rd, 2063. #space
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    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    10/28/09

    @Roklimber: Sure, until J.J. Abrams travels through time and recasts Zephram Cochrane with Shia LeBuff. #space
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/28/09

    @John Hazard: Good point. I hope not, though. April 3rd 2063 is a few days after my 100th birthday. It would be nice to celebrate it by watching the first launch of a warp-field engine. Who knows, I might even get to meet Picard and crew, and have a little chat with Data, not to mention meeting the Vulcan crew. #space
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    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    10/28/09

    @Roklimber: Or get bombed by the Borg. Stupid time travel. #space
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/28/09

    @John Hazard: Indeed...

    "Population, 9 billion, all borg." #space
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    10/28/09

    @Roklimber: Keep an eye out for Troi. She'll be wasted. #space
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/28/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent:

    "This is no time to talk about time. We don't have the time."

    That was the most hilarious line in all of TNG, second only to some lines spoken by Q. And a great delivery too. #space
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    Image of DangerousDac175 DangerousDac175
    10/29/09

    @Roklimber: No, it won't happen until April 5th, 2063.

    The Enterprise arrived on April 4th. My Birthday :D

    What? Your on a fucking Sci Fi site, did you expect anything but anal geekery?! #space
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/29/09

    @DangerousDac175: I stand corrected. :) #space
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    Image of DangerousDac175 DangerousDac175
    10/29/09

    @Roklimber: Haha, im pleased you took it with humility, I keep forgetting that when you leave out the ":p" smiley, everything always looks so hostile. #space
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/29/09

    @DangerousDac175: Why wouldn't I? You're correct that the Enterprise didn't arrive until April 4th, not April 3rd. (I checked)

    Besides, I've spent enough time on the internet to know better than be upset by what people say. I'm here to have some harmless fun, not to make war. #space
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    Image of Daniel Gericke Daniel Gericke
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    Ares and Mars are the same God as far as I know, one being Greek (Ares) and the other being the (stolen) Roman version of the same thing. Makes sense as the plan is to fly Ares I-X to Mars eventually. #space
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    SJ_Edwards promoted this comment Daniel Gericke was starred Daniel Gericke was unstarred
    Image of Plague Plague
    10/28/09

    In reply to Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist
    popsicle, maybe. Cone, no. #space
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