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Orion Program Shrinking To Save Money, Time

April 19, 2011 2:34 pm Robert Zimmerman

More on the incredibly shrinking Orion program.

It ain’t gonna fly, and if I’m wrong and it does, it will accomplish little in the process — except spend a lot of pork money we no longer can afford.

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Lockheed Martin unveils Orion spacecraft and test center

March 22, 2011 10:42 am Robert Zimmerman

The program-formerly-called-Constellation moves forward: Lockheed Martin yesterday unveiled the Orion spacecraft and the test center to be used to prepare it for space.

Though this press announcement was actually intended to encourage Congress to continue funding, it also illustrated how this portion at least of Constellation had made significant progress before it was undercut by both Obama and Congress.