Jay-qu Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 When NASA administrator Michael Griffin unveiled the agency’s plans for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), he described it as “Apollo on steroids.” The resemblance is easy to see—each is a blunt-nosed, cone-shaped capsule that’s strapped to a rocket and sent to the moon, where it deploys a lunar lander and then returns to Earth for a parachute landing. Read more:http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviationspace/88582d0cef979010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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