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New NASA administrator Charles Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori Garver are making their first official comments to NASA employees in a televised "all-hands" meeting.
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The U.S. Senate last Thursday confirmed Bolden and Garver, and they were sworn in Friday.
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ATK and NASA unveiled the new 5-segments SRB and the early data in the NASA page say that it "generates a maximum of 3.6 million lbs of thrust, 24 percent more power than one twin Shuttle solid rocket booster":
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/09-053.html
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that is the SAME of the 4+1 segments SRB test ATK and NASA performed in 2003:
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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2003/03-186.html
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSPXSjQ5b-U
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but "3.6 million pounds of thrust" of both (4+1 and 5 segments) SRBs are (still) just 9% more than a standard (3.3 Mlbf.) SRB and NOT "24 percent more"
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if these are the real data, also the TRUE 5-segments SRB can't work, as explained THREE years ago in this article:
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http://www.gaetanomarano.it/articles/011srb5.html
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and, as a consequence, "the Ares-1 can't fly" since, the 1st stage SRB, adds "more mass, than thrust", as explained in this article:
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http://www.ghostnasa.com/posts/012arescantfly.html
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