As the Obama team wrestles with the best way to put Americans back in space, a group of engineers today proposed a plan it calls Jupiter Direct to replace NASA's current plans for the Ares rocket. The engineers claim that the new plan would get astronauts to the ISS in less time, and for less money. For more on the Jupiter proposal, check out the chart at right that compares Ares and Jupiter plans. And be sure to pick up Popular Mechanics February issue on newsstands next week to read the whole story behind the battle over the future of spaceflight.
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