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Thu, 2010-04-15 20:38 — sciencestaff

President Obama's proposal supports NASA's development of a deep-space rocket and designates the Orion crew capsule, part of the Constellation program that had been canceled, as a sort of emergency lifeboat for the space station.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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