Taller than the Statue of Liberty. Designed to take man to Mars. The SLS will be the biggest rocket ever built. Even bigger than the Apollo missions Saturn V's.
Capable of lifting 75metric tons in its first iteration before being able to lift 130 tons for the deep space missions. SLS will be capable of taking astonauts to an asteriod, the moon and ultimately, going to Mars.
First test flight is set for 2018 and with the successful test of the new booster yesterday things look like they are on schedule. The new booster is based on the shuttles booster design but bigger. It develops 3.6 million pounds of thrust. Mind numbing figures. If you want to see glowing concrete you have come to the right place.
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html#.VQFvB2SsUqc
Capable of lifting 75metric tons in its first iteration before being able to lift 130 tons for the deep space missions. SLS will be capable of taking astonauts to an asteriod, the moon and ultimately, going to Mars.
First test flight is set for 2018 and with the successful test of the new booster yesterday things look like they are on schedule. The new booster is based on the shuttles booster design but bigger. It develops 3.6 million pounds of thrust. Mind numbing figures. If you want to see glowing concrete you have come to the right place.
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html#.VQFvB2SsUqc
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