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All aboard project Constellation! If you’re not excited about everything to do with NASA’s Constellation program then you’re just not an interesting person. Period.

The idea, put simply, is to replace the ill fated Space Shuttle with a new generation of spacecraft. The main parts of the launch vessel are the Ares I rocket which powers the kit out of the Earth’s gravitational pull, and the Orbit shuttle craft which carries the equipment and the ship’s precious human cargo.

The announcement in August that the project launch date would be pushed back from 2013 to 2015 could do nothing to dampen my interest in the whole thing, especially not after the announcement the design of the Ares rocket had undergone its first round of design tests. The 1,100 specialists poured over designs hoping to eliminate, as far as possible, any defects before they appeared during the remainder of the design process, during the delicate manufacturing process or, God forbid, during the launch itself. This really is just the first round in a very long line of exhaustive tests that will be carried out on the Ares rocket design and manufacture from now until Ares‘ launch in 2015. Watch this space!