米上院、NASAの新型大型ロケット開発の3年分の予算を承認

SpaceNews(8/13)
3年間で$58Bを承認。但し検討方針を限定しておりその方針はAres5と類似している。

Senate lawmakers state that regarding the heavy-lift rocket, “the most cost-effective and ‘evolvable’ design concept is likely to follow what is known as an ‘in-line’ vehicle design, with a large center tank structure with attached multiple liquid propulsion engines and, at a minimum, two solid rocket motors composed of at least four segments being attached to the tank structure to form the core, initial stage of the propulsion vehicle.”

The report notes that the committee “will closely monitor NASA’s early planning and design efforts to ensure compliance with the intent of this section” of the bill.

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法律にここまで書くか?という感じですが。