So today i was roaming the interwebz looking for nothing particular when i happened upon this article
"NASA Will Return to the Moon in Preparation for Human Mars Mission" "Project managers from Lockheed Martin and NASA gathered last week at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to usher in the return of the Orion crew module and to discuss future missions that will see humans travel beyond low-Earth orbit for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.
Development of the Orion spacecraft will now be ramping up in preparation for Exploration Mission 1—the module’s first journey to the Moon and into deep space. This feat will act as a dress rehearsal for a crewed asteroid retrieval mission in lunar orbit and be a major stepping stone for NASA’s manned mission to Mars.
The Orion was designed as an exploration-class vehicle to take Astronauts farther than any person has ever travelled and will be the spacecraft that eventually propels humans to the red planet. Crew members can be launched to deep space aboard Orion while the vehicle provides emergency abort capability in the event of a malfunction. It will sustain Astronauts during space travel before safely returning them home from high velocities......
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On this page there is a picture of the Orion.
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Now, before you click the link to find the answer....
Take a guess... is this an actual photo or is it CGI? Maybe neither ... we all know how NASA likes to use "artist renderings" as actual photos (earth ect).
What is your guess?
Here is the entire article (read the caption under the picture for the answer)
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