Chair Force engineer: After three years of anticipation, the "Potemkin Rocket" known as Ares I-X has launched. The flight appears to have been nominal. While Ares I-X was a low-fidelity test of a bad rocket design, the test's fundamental flaws should not detract in any way from the Ares I-X program personnel who devoted the last three years of their life to making this test a success. While I strongly believe that Ares I-X should have waited until the 5-segment SRB was available, Ares I-X still taught NASA personnel much about ground handling operations and ocean recovery for the Ares rockets.
Rand Simberg: Another SpaceX could have been founded and another Falcon 9 developed for the cost of that test. Which tells you all you need to know about the cost effectiveness of the NASA jobs program.
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Chair Force engineer: After three years of anticipation, the "Potemkin Rocket" known as Ares I-X has launched. The flight appears to have been nominal. While Ares I-X was a low-fidelity test of a bad rocket design, the test's fundamental flaws should not detract in any way from the Ares I-X program personnel who devoted the last three years of their life to making this test a success. While I strongly believe that Ares I-X should have waited until the 5-segment SRB was available, Ares I-X still taught NASA personnel much about ground handling operations and ocean recovery for the Ares rockets.
Rand Simberg: Another SpaceX could have been founded and another Falcon 9 developed for the cost of that test. Which tells you all you need to know about the cost effectiveness of the NASA jobs program.
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