NASA to test new moon rocket

Nasa will test the powerful first stage of its new Ares moon rocket today, a milestone in a programme that already has spent $7bn (€4.9bn) for a rocket that astronauts may never use.

Thu, 27 Aug, 2009 - 10:04

Nasa will test the powerful first stage of its new Ares moon rocket today, a milestone in a programme that already has spent $7bn (€4.9bn) for a rocket that astronauts may never use.

The $108bn (€75bn) programme to return to the moon by 2020 was started five years ago by then-President George W. Bush.

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