The Ares I is scheduled to replace the Space Transportation System upon its retirement from service. ATK's five-segment solid rocket booster, which will generate a maximum thrust of 3.5 million pounds, has been selected to provide first-stage propulsion. The two-stage Ares I will have the capability to deliver 55,000-pound payloads to low Earth orbit.

Painted in Photoshop CS2. Hardware was an Apple Power Macintosh Dual G5 2.5 GHz and a Wacom Intuos Graphics Tablet.