Obama Briefed On Renegade Space Plan

Credit: The DIRECT Team, www.directlauncher.com

Potential Jupiter Direct Configurations

As I mentioned back in August, a group of moonlighting engineers and space buffs has been pushing an alternative to the Ares rocket, NASA's planned launcher to replace the space shuttle.  The alternative, now called Jupiter Direct, has caught the attention of President-Elect Obama's transition team.

 

According to engineers working on the Jupiter Direct project, the Obama team received their proposal cordially but with no promises made.  

For now, at least, it looks like NASA is sticking with the Ares project.