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On the recordMay 20, 2009
If constellation is moving forward, then why is Ares-V, the heavy-lift rocket, that is essential to landing a man on the Moon, being delayed?
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Senator Shelby questions the delay of Ares-V despite claims of progress in the constellation program.

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