Monday, September 1, 2014

NASA is building the largest rocket of all time for a 2018 launch


Artist's rendering of NASA's Space Launch System (credit: NASA/MSFC)


NASA has worked on some inspiring interplanetary projects in the last few years, but few have been as ambitious as the simply-named Space Launch System, a new rocket that will be the largest ever built at 384 feet tall, surpassing even the mighty Saturn V (363 feet), the rocket that took humanity to the moon. It will also be more powerful, with 20 percent more thrust using liquid hydrogen and oxygen as fuel. Last week, NASA...


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