Pratt Has Backup Rocket Engines if Budget Sinks Ares I

Credit: NASA
With money emerging as the deciding factor in the future of U.S. human spaceflight, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne says it could quickly stand up an expendable space shuttle main engine if the Obama administration decides to scrap the Ares I crew launch vehicle in favor of a shuttle-derived throwaway...

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