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NASA’s Orion space capsule being readied for launch despite uncertain future

SEP 29, 2010
Physics Today
Space.com : NASA’s new Orion space capsule is being readied to launch in 2013, even though both its funding and its mission are uncertain. Originally part of the Constellation programNASA’s successor to the space shuttles Orion would have taken astronauts to the Moon and the International Space Station. Its fate may be determined later today, when the US House of Representatives votes on a bill for NASA’s future plans.
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