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[[Image:Aries.jpg|thumb|200px|right|An Aries Ib in circumlunar orbit]]
[[Image:Aries II.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Aries II]]
[[Image:Aries Ib.jpg|thumb|400px|right|A "real" Aries Ib depicted in the movie]]




The Aries is a Lunar/Mars lander from the [[World of 2001]], and one of a few vessels being presented in the film 2001 A Space Odyssey. 

In general Aries has a few specified versions:

Aries I: Lunar landers

Aries Ib – Nuclear-powered lunar lander. The
development of nuclear engines was first adapted to highspeed
passenger transport to the moon.

Aries Ic – Cargo-only version of the Aries Ib.

Aries II: Mars landers

Aries IIb – Like the Ib, but adds an Aeroshell for
Mars landings. Also replaces some LH2 with LOX tankage
for LANTR (LOX-Augmented Nuclear Thermal Rocket)
application. To boost takeoff thrust and allow liftoffs from
Mars, LOX is added in the nozzle of the nuclear engine as a
sort of afterburner.

Aries IIc – Cargo version of the Aries IIb

These versions were built to use small, mass-produced
nuclear rocket engines. Using Particle Bed
Reactor technology and using all the tricks learned from
the early missions to Mars, the Aries engines achieve
superb efficiency at the cost of lower thrust than their
chemical-engine counterparts.

* [http://www.worldof2001.com World of 2001 homepage]

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