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NASA beefs up next-generation moon rocket (AP)

Steve Cook, manager of the Ares project office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., stands in front of a video screen while discussing rocket design during a media briefing on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. NASA is beefing up the size and of its planned Ares V moon rocket to make it capable of taking more weight to the lunar surface. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)AP - NASA unveiled a beefed-up redesign of a proposed moon rocket Wednesday, saying the Ares V spacecraft that is to carry astronauts to the lunar surface in 12 years will be around 38 stories tall and carry a heftier load than originally planned.


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