Today in Space

Future NASA rocket to be most powerful ever built

Yeah, well lets see if it actually happens. I have a very strong feeling the U.S. government is hell bent on ending manned space flight.

Even the smallest early prototype of the rocket will have 10 percent more thrust than the Saturn V that propelled Apollo astronauts to the moon. When it is built to its fuller size, it will be 20 percent more powerful, Gerstenmaier said.

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Students building rocket for moon vehicle

Stuff like this just gets me excited, we need more people involved in space exploration\

Purdue University students are designing and building a rocket engine that might be used in a vehicle to land on the moon.

Read more about it HERE