SPACE.com -- New Moon Rocket Could Launch Giant Space Telescopes (via delicious)

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SPACE.com -- New Moon Rocket Could Launch Giant Space Telescopes (via delicious)

delicious SPACE.com -- New Moon Rocket Could Launch Giant Space Telescopes 18 hours ago - Comment - Like "Slated to make its first test flight in 2018, the Ares V rocket is designed to stand about 381 feet (116 meters) tall and be able to launch payloads weighing almost 180 metric tons into low-Earth orbit. "(...) "But while the Ares V is designed under NASA's Constellation program to return astronauts to the moon, the rocket behemoth presents a boon for astronomers and other scientists dreaming of bigger, better space-based observatories. " - Ron Bailey

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