NASA shot back Wednesday at recent news reports suggesting the Ares I rocket in development for the past three years is doomed to failure.
Although NASA officials did not mention any media outlet by name, they took issue with an Oct. 26 story in the Orlando Sentinel claiming that concerns that Ares I could crash into its launch tower under certain wind conditions were the latest setback threatening to undo the U.S. space agency's plans for returning to the Moon.
Doug Cooke, NASA's deputy associate administrator for exploration systems, was up-front about the motive behind Wednesday's Constellation program media teleconference.
Although NASA officials did not mention any media outlet by name, they took issue with an Oct. 26 story in the Orlando Sentinel claiming that concerns that Ares I could crash into its launch tower under certain wind conditions were the latest setback threatening to undo the U.S. space agency's plans for returning to the Moon.
Doug Cooke, NASA's deputy associate administrator for exploration systems, was up-front about the motive behind Wednesday's Constellation program media teleconference.
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