HTTP:: Atlantis and ARES I X Both at KSC Launch Pads
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For the first time in the history of the American space agency, the Kennedy Space Center has two completely different rockets poised for take-off at their respective launch pads. Both of the designs already carry, or will carry in the near future, astronauts to the low-Earth orbit, or other destinations closer to home. At Launch Pad 39A, the space shuttle Atlantis patiently awaits for its November 16 flight, while, at the other pad, the prototype ARES I-X is poised for its launch today, at 8 am EDT (1200 GMT). There is a 40-percent chance that the weather will allow for the launch to go on, Space reports. Weather officials at the space center alerted mission controllers two days ago that there was a significant chance the spacecraft would not be able to perform its suborbital test flight today. “Our weather on Tuesday is going to be a little bit of a problem. I feel more optimistic about Wednesday than Tuesday,†weather officer Kathy Winters said on Sunday. The weat!
her conditions needed for the new ARES I-X launch are a lot more drastic than those needed to launch the space shuttles atop their external fuel tanks. A phenomenon known as “tribo electrification†poses a lot of threats to the new rocket. As it climbs through the clouds, the friction force causes electrical charges t...
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