  In Soviet Russia, space travels you      Energia heavy lift
vehicle Energia's heavy lift rocket is moving ahead towards a
2018 launch. [Image Source: RCS Energia]      Source: Space
Travel  Comments     Threshold   RE: picture By Bubbacub on
12/29/2012 1:27:20 PM , Rating: 2 sure - it would totally make
sense to re-use the engines etc. e.g. ares V had a lot of apollo
heritage - e.g. the j2x engine (though after 10 years and
billions of dollars of development with no end product i wonder
if they should have just carried on with rs25d production line)
but i think their design will look like the original energia as
much as ares V/SLS looks like saturn V.  also the zenit boosters
are under ukrainian control now - thats another reason for a
substantially different design.  i'd really like to see this
rocket fly - i just don't see it happening - there is no
commercial benefit, there is no military benefit.  the only
benefit for the politicians who will decide to cancel/fund this
is for international bragging rig