Orion launch/recovery unqualified success!

[Colorado Cowboy]

A lot of you know I am an aerospace retiree & junkie. I follow our current efforts closely. The Orion was launched and recovered this morning. It is our next spacecraft replacing the Shuttle (which I helped design & build). Looks like an overgrown Apollo to me, which was the first program I worked on after graduating from College in 1963. I spent 40 years designing and building airplanes and spacecraft. Loved my job and looked forward to going to work ALMOST everyday.

Good job and Mars is next!

 

[NVBird'n'Big]

Very cool stuff to say the least. I'd say we are honored to have such a great patriot on the forum, the stuff you have been involved with is such an important part of our county's history.

 

[Againstthewind]

Very cool stuff to say the least. I'd say we are honored to have such a great patriot on the forum, the stuff you have been involved with is such an important part of our county's history.

What he said^^^. The Orion project is pretty cool. What do you think is the timeframe on a Mars landing CC?

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Our current NASA leadership and Oval Office management has set no official landing target date.. My guess would be no sooner than 20 years. When we had a goal of a 1969 lunar landing, we had lots of money and plenty of talent to get the job done within the time frame. I'm not so sure today.