[FPSPACE] And Griffin's true reasons for sizing the Ares 5

[E.P. Grondine]

Griffin's reason for the choice the Ares 1/Ares 5 architecture may be seen here:

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/090722-tw-mars-mission.html

Of course, the Ares 1, while it has the support of Thiokol, doesn't work; further a more efficient path of launcher development is Jupiter/Direct.

E.P.



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