Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

“The design approach that has power and propulsion provided by a separate service module traces back to the Apollo program. The auxiliary engines we are delivering to Lockheed Martin and NASA for the European Service Module provide a redundant capability to the OMS engine capability.”

Source: Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and President Eileen Drake, discussing the hot-fire acceptance testing of eight auxiliary engines that will be used on the first flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft with the Space Launch System rocket, slated to launch in 2018.

FMI: www.Rocket.com, www.AerojetRocketdyne.com