By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-05 23:00:50 | Updated at 2024-12-22 11:44:38
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NASA delays Artemis moon missions once again
ktla ^ | 12/05/2024 | Vinay Simlot
Posted on 12/05/2024 2:37:22 PM PST by BenLurkin
NASA announced it is delaying Artemis II and III missions, meant to take American astronauts back to the moon, because of a problem with the capsule’s heat shield.
Artemis II, a mission to take astronauts around the moon, was moved from September 2025 to April of 2026. Artemis III would land astronauts on the south pole of the moon, and likely won’t happen until mid-2027, NASA said.
NASA decided to push the launch of Artemis II because they found cracks in the heat shield after the Artemis I mission in 2022. Artemis I flew around the moon with no astronauts on board.
Nelson said NASA found the root cause of the cracks in the heat shield and is comfortable that they’ve found a “path forward.”
Nelson also emphasized, the new timeline would put astronauts on the moon well before 2030, when China would like to land on the moon.
Nelson and Lucas said it’s vital the U.S. land on the south pole of the moon, first. Scientists believe they could find water at the south pole of the moon, which could allow astronauts to refuel and launch for Mars.
Nelson said, though, he didn’t know whether China plans to land on the south pole of the moon or the equator in 2023.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: artemis; moon; nasa
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1 posted on 12/05/2024 2:37:22 PM PST by BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Put Elon Musk on it and the heat shield will be fixed in a month. Just kidding…but only sorta
2 posted on 12/05/2024 2:38:52 PM PST by irish guard
To: BenLurkin
Is this not becoming a credibility issue?
To: BenLurkin
Musk and that DOGE ought to cut NASA manned flight to zero
4 posted on 12/05/2024 2:39:48 PM PST by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
To: BenLurkin
nasa=need another spacecraft again...
5 posted on 12/05/2024 2:41:03 PM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
To: BenLurkin
I wonder how many white guys over age 50 were on that heat shield design team?
6 posted on 12/05/2024 2:41:34 PM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: BenLurkin
By the time NASA gets there Elon Musk will own it and charge them for rent.
To: BenLurkin
NASA prostituted for climate change. Obama. That guy is such a cheap suit f-tard.
To: BenLurkin
The big defense contractors of the United Launch Alliance have become jokes. From SLS to Starliner, they’ve failed at every juncture, and always with enormous budgets and ridiculously delayed schedules.
At this point, I would contend that SpaceX IS the U.S. space program. Without them, we would have nothing.
9 posted on 12/05/2024 2:45:55 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: noiseman
NASA has been destroyed by the woke communist revolution. It’s gonna take decades to fire all these clowns.
To: irish guard
He would. Maybe not in a week, but at sprint speed compared to NASA, Boeing, or Amazon.
11 posted on 12/05/2024 2:48:57 PM PST by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
To: BenLurkin
NASA decided to push the launch of Artemis II because they found cracks in the heat shield after the Artemis I mission in 2022.
Well it's not like we haven't been building heat shields for the last for the last 70 years. But the DEI science and engineering performance goals have changed so we must delay all launches until we can fix the fundamental science to make it accommodate our delusions.
12 posted on 12/05/2024 2:49:19 PM PST by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
To: noiseman
Launch costs are everything. Overnight, reusable rockets have turned the others into buggy-whip manufacturers for a huge segment of the market.
13 posted on 12/05/2024 2:53:17 PM PST by Windcatcher
To: Charles Martel
I had no idea you were such a racist. Next you’ll be demanding they have engineering degrees or something!
14 posted on 12/05/2024 2:54:52 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
To: BenLurkin
First item on DOGE list is to cancel NASA.
15 posted on 12/05/2024 2:55:22 PM PST by DownInFlames (P)
To: BenLurkin
Elon Musk will have astronauts on Mars before NASA lands on the moon.
To: irish guard
Just what I was thinking. Problem is NASA, like all government bureaucracies, is run to perpetuate the bureaucracy, not actually achieve things
17 posted on 12/05/2024 2:57:45 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
To: Charles Martel
Probably none. It’s not as exciting, as the submarine CEO said.
18 posted on 12/05/2024 2:57:54 PM PST by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
To: Jonty30
When I was at Boeing, people there did complain that we were becoming too expensive and pricing ourselves out of the market. Some people do get it, they just don’t get listened to.
19 posted on 12/05/2024 2:58:48 PM PST by Windcatcher
To: BenLurkin
He can’t go soon enough. The new guy knows his stuff. And loves SpaceX.
20 posted on 12/05/2024 2:58:56 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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