NASA To Name New Exploration Launch Vehicles “Ares”
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According to Rory Cooper, Director of Outreach and Intergovernmental Affairs at NASA’s Office of Legislative Affairs, at 2:30 pm this afternoon NASA will formally announce that the names of its new launch vehicles.
The Crew Launch Vehicle will be called Ares 1 and the Cargo Launch Vehicle will be called Ares 5.
The names are meant to honor the launch vehicles that sent astronauts on their way to the moon (Saturn I and V) and to note NASA’s eventual destination: Mars.
Ares was the Greek god of war – and was known by the Romans as “Mars”.
