Topic: First Orion Assembled at Denver, Another Orion Displayed at Kennedy Space Center

[sam]

Assembly of NASA’s first Orion Crew vehicle that could actually launch to space has been accomplished by prime contractor Lockheed Martin Corporation at the firm’s Waterton space systems facility located near Denver, Colorado, where the spacecraft is slated to begin a severe testing process that will help confirm crew safety.

http://www.universetoday.com/87192/first-orion-assembled-at-denver-another-orion-displayed-at-kennedy-space-center/

[Clive]

Let's hope its first flight in 2013 is a success. 

[sam]

indeed. They need it fast.

[Clive]

I'm just shocked they have left themselves so vulnerable!

[sam]

bad financial policy and the constant changing of commands by the US government.

[Clive]

Obama is no fan of the space programme.   

[Clive]

The US spends more on air conditioning in Iraq than it does on NASA 

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/25/137414737/among-the-costs-of-war-20b-in-air-conditioning

[sam]

yikes!

Well maybe they more than letting on. Watch Transformers 3 - it'll explain it all to you 

oh and Obama, well he inherited a financial mess from the financial conservatives. No wonder he was looking at things to cut. Alas it was NASA. I reckon we can do better science for cheaper anyway.