Ares I program seeks shuttle flight data to quantify thrust-oscillation issue
Managers of NASA's Ares launch vehicle project are in early discussions with their space shuttle counterparts over using a shuttle launch early next year to gather flight-test data on a potentially dangerous vibration that ground-test data suggest might occur in the Ares I first stage. That stage is...
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