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" And we're now go inertial navigation system is activated."

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" All right the -- feed from NASA is getting a little bit spotty but here's what they were trying to do they were trying to test this one X. Ares one X launch vehicle. It's essentially as I understand it essentially that solved rocker rocket booster there on the bottom is the same kind of that was you. To power the space shuttles they were of course the recourse to of them. Two of the solid rocket boosters on the space shuttle and joining us now on the phone colonel Paul -- of former astronaut and retired from the US air force to us colonel -- that looked like a flawless launch I guess we have to know. What the data sends it back that they've been trying to collect on this launch but how did it look do you."

" Well -- it was obviously a beautiful day to go to the big and also a lot rocketed from my vantage point outside it was just spectacular -- was at the paper trail right now course I can't single occupant from everything -- almost."

" Now that they are. This is the test vehicle that's going to take astronauts back to the moon if everything goes according to plan right."

" I have absolutely right it was a very critical test of the the whole structure of walnut -- envisioned that would analog chips closed and a statement that speaker himself. There's those accused tipping point for them to understand whether they've gotten -- basic concept I didn't fundamental does what got here it was quite a bit it would be."

" You have that tall skinny rocket that this hideous section in the bottom half basically is the solid rocket motor. And then you've got that larger. The larger diameter cylinder up above. That we saw break away during the flight you wanna explain what that would contain and an actual moon launch."

" Absolutely that's been the second stage of ugly. Ares rocket and it contains would -- in the future I'd been liquid propelled engine that would carry the the astronauts up. Progressive displays and -- normal -- that they need to go into orbit then influences and content defense in the settlement and it's you have solid rockets to help you get up off the ground and in the liquid engines to help you -- speed."

" And what is the what is say using of those solid rocket comment on the base on the first stage what does that do."

" Please call it allows -- to go back to something that we know very well that's the solid rocket boosters and sort of proven technology. And the rocket boosters give you a lot of -- Milwaukee's lead to get up at New York that is -- very quickly and then while the very efficient liquid engines to help you build up to speed necessary to retool their velocity."

" There was a report from a panel that reported to the White House just a couple of days ago. That seemed to pooh -- his toll on areas program that gives way to the Orion program and so forth."

" Do you wanna comment on that. It's not my place to comment and essentially -- one back and looking and saying if I would've been financial constraints. I imposed on that as bad as. And that's in the -- is this the best way to put humans in the space and so they were looking at a pump. Across many different types of architectures and mood of -- pose a new type of you'll want platform and -- and was unproven and solicit knows that the right way to go. But I think nobody realizes that the test would would be a very good way to at least determine whether the basic architecture that they're designed and Edwards and the solid rocket. On the bottom as the -- part and then -- on the pop it creating the distortion that's gonna hold the astronaut for the -- was a good way to go and as I said. We haven't seen that don't -- of course but right now the basic gut platform look like if they performed well."

" The guy who is that it was an interesting looking thing it looks you know too tall and skinny to fly as some people have said 330. Feet almost much longer than. Football field is very much taller than a football field is long. Just from from an engineering standpoint what you see is the accomplishment here today."

" Well I think we saw that. The best thing that the vehicle use. Smoothly in other words Obama's. -- injured were concerned Jim. Little means that it belongs to any type of a lot because he's sort of -- like holding a pencil and put your hand and kind of click through the wind would it. Would -- wallboard and of this nature. Then I think that you we've been improved now with this -- that the biggest cable at least until it looked up to the point where you can separate and I and many of liquid -- discontent over. Then an emblem on the space shuttle as. But totally different type of conflict in the sense of where you live in terms of the center of gravity and things that -- the Iraq itself. But and this. -- number openness then but where where humans like double occupancy but what sort of a lot of data that's gonna help us understand whether this is the white architecture not."

" Former astronaut colonel Paul Walker are prepared from the US air force colonel thank you."