Obama faces a Kennedy decision on space

Obama’s choice for future spaceflight could be as momentous as JFK’sHardware for the Ares I-X flight test rocket is prepared for stacking in NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X is meant to test components for NASA's next-generation launch vehicle. The flights of stairs at right provide a sense of scale.When the Soviet Union was beating America’s pants