Posted by GSerrano on November 14, 2009 ·
The best, smartest, and coolest thing built in 2009, according to TIME, is ‘a machine that can launch human beings to cosmic destinations we’d never considered before.’ This is called NASA’s Ares Rockets. Previous to this invention, astronauts had not been able to move ‘beyond the harbor lights of low-Earth orbit in nearly 40 years.’ [...]