Has the U.S. Passed Peak Car?
Last week in the Arizona desert NASA tested the parachute design that astronauts on the next-generation Orion spacecraft will use for re-entry and landing. The test was deemed a success as the vehicle touched down at a safe speed of 25 feet per second. Orbital test flights for Orion are expected to begin in 2014. It is hoped that within the next decade, Orion could launch to bring humans to Mars.
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Rebecca J. Rosen is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic. She was previously an associate editor at The Wilson Quarterly, where she spearheaded the magazine's In Essence section.
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