The gents at NASA are working away on plans for the Ares rocket (pictured) that will be used for the next generation of manned American flights to the moon. As a hobby project, many of the retired engineers and other space enthusiasts have come up with their own 'skunkworks' plan - the Jupiter rocket. Designers of this rocket claim it would be much more efficient and save billions of dollars over the life of the project. And it looks cooler.
Very interesting reading at Space.com:
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