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Beautiful photos of New NASA vehicles
by Mangesh Hattikudur - July 21, 2008 - 9:09 AM

Yesterday was the 39th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and company’s historic moon landing. In digging around, I found these great photos on TheCellar. Apparently, they’re the new vehicles from NASA’s Constellation program (the mission to get man back on the moon by 2020). While I can’t say I’m that excited about the program itself (didn’t we already go to the moon?), these photos from the Johnson Lunar Yard are ridiculous! I’m not sure why everything’s so shiny. After all, car washes seem like a chore to find in space, even with the new iPhone. Or why everything’s so large. But these photos do make me smile. Check out NASA’s site when you get a second. I hadn’t looked at their site in years, and it’s gotten a lot fancier. They’ve got lots of stunning photography, and fascinating updates posted there.

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I like how shiny this is, but I think they could have spent a little more on rims.

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I’m guessing these are the trailers from the set of NASA’s upcoming Untitled Picture?
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Gorgeous, right?! Link via the always fascinating TheCellar.

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Comments (6)

  1. I love NASA. Unfortunately I’m not a rocket surgeon, so I can’t get a job there.

    posted by adrienne on 7-21-2008 at 9:41 am

  2. I do not understand why we aren’t more interested in investing in space travel. It isn’t like going to the moon is just a tourist trip.

    Space travel pushes US technology which keeps us number one in new products for all of us. It is the cheapist R & D. It also excites the imagination and expands our knowledge of our world and how it works.

    I think it is vital and we ought to fund it properly.

    posted by Karen on 7-21-2008 at 10:38 am

  3. I know what you mean, Karen, and I’m actually really interested in space exploration and the inventions that come out of space missions. It just doesn’t seem as exciting that almost 40 years after our first trip to the moon, we’re taking another glorified trip to the moon. You know? With all the discoveries on Mars, and so many other planets to be investigated, this program doesn’t excite me the way it definitely would have 20 years ago. (Of course, I also would have been 9 then!)

    posted by Mangesh on 7-21-2008 at 10:49 am

  4. I think you meant 2020, not 2010, for our proposed return to the moon. The first launches to go to the International Space Station won’t be before 2014. (I am a rocket surgeon.)

    posted by Manda on 7-21-2008 at 11:59 am

  5. oh, you’re right… that makes it even stranger to me!

    posted by Mangesh on 7-21-2008 at 12:31 pm

  6. Looks cool, but what kind of gas milage does it get?

    posted by PartiallyDeflected on 7-21-2008 at 9:24 pm

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