Space Exploration

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Holy crap!!!

This could have been really bad! NASA classified this as a Type A mishap. The same classification that was applied to both Challenger and Columbia.







Full news conference

 

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[CagleMtnVol]

After a successful wet dress rehearsal last night NASA is now targeting Friday March 6th for launch of Artemis II.

 

[hog88]

After a successful wet dress rehearsal last night NASA is now targeting Friday March 6th for launch of Artemis II.

It’ll be postponed again

 

[CagleMtnVol]

It’ll be postponed again

It'll eventually launch.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

It’ll be postponed again

How much did you bet on this?


The Artemis II stack will have to be returned to the VAB due to issues with the umbilical.

 

[hog88]

How much did you bet on this?


The Artemis II stack will have to be returned to the VAB due to issues with the umbilical.

Wish I would have put some money on that but the odds were heavily in my favor. NASA needs a huge purge, it’s still infested with bureaucrats instead of scientists and engineers. And many of the scientist and engineers they do have are really bureaucrats marking time until they can retire and move to the big money.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Wish I would have put some money on that but the odds were heavily in my favor. NASA needs a huge purge, it’s still infested with bureaucrats instead of scientists and engineers. And many of the scientist and engineers they do have are really bureaucrats marking time until they can retire and move to the big money.

Which is why I really like Jared Isaacman leading NASA.

 

[hog88]

Which is why I really like Jared Isaacman leading NASA.

I do to. I hope he Is given the opportunity to fix the agency.

 

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[OrangeTsar]

Wish I would have put some money on that but the odds were heavily in my favor. NASA needs a huge purge, it’s still infested with bureaucrats instead of scientists and engineers. And many of the scientist and engineers they do have are really bureaucrats marking time until they can retire and move to the big money.

NASA definitely has its issues but with SLS, the largest blame lies at the feet of Congress. They mandated that NASA use shuttle derived components, regardless of what made the most sense. A bunch of clueless politicians who couldn’t pass a basic engineering class if their life depended on it decided they could tell NASA engineers how to build a rocket.

 

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[Good Ol' Charlie Brown]

NASA definitely has its issues but with SLS, the largest blame lies at the feet of Congress. They mandated that NASA use shuttle derived components, regardless of what made the most sense. A bunch of clueless politicians who couldn’t pass a basic engineering class if their life depended on it decided they could tell NASA engineers how to build a rocket.

You do what I tell you to do, even if I have no idea what it is I'm telling you to do!

 

[Orangeburst]

NASA definitely has its issues but with SLS, the largest blame lies at the feet of Congress. They mandated that NASA use shuttle derived components, regardless of what made the most sense. A bunch of clueless politicians who couldn’t pass a basic engineering class if their life depended on it decided they could tell NASA engineers how to build a rocket.

Add in military, economics, healthcare..the list is endless.

 

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News regarding Vulcan:

Space Force pauses national security launches on Vulcan - Breaking Defense

"We're still in the initial phases of that investigation, so we'll continue to to work with the United Launch Alliance and their suppliers to make sure we've got the right level of insight and understand where that investigation is headed," Col. Eric Zarybnisky said.

breakingdefense.com

 

[OrangeTsar]

News regarding Vulcan:

Space Force pauses national security launches on Vulcan - Breaking Defense

"We're still in the initial phases of that investigation, so we'll continue to to work with the United Launch Alliance and their suppliers to make sure we've got the right level of insight and understand where that investigation is headed," Col. Eric Zarybnisky said.

breakingdefense.com

Why we keep sending up important payloads by strapping giant bottle rockets to the sides of launch vehicles escapes me.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Administrator Jared Isaacman is ramping things up. Moving up Artemis production to 10 months. Moving Artemis III up a year to 2027 but no lunar landing. Instead ot will be a test of one or both partner lunar landers (SpaceX, Blue Origin).

Then two Moon landings in 2028.
I know some will say this is to have the landings in Trump's term (maybe so) but I think it has everything to do with how fast China's Space program is developing and the need for the United States to beat them back to the Moon.

 

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Wasn’t sure whether to post this here, but it’s an update on Starshield, which I didn’t know was active already.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Still anxiously awaiting Starship Flight 12. Hopefully this month. First Version 3!