yes, nasa doesn't operate like space x, so the only test flights that nasa do are actual missions masquerading as test flights, they are not real test flights, the tests were done on computers and ground equip,ment in the 10 years prior
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yes, nasa doesn't operate like space x, so the only test flights that nasa do are actual missions masquerading as test flights, they are not real test flights, the tests were done on computers and ground equip,ment in the 10 years prior
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Getting to the Moon and landing on it are two seperate challenges. The Orion capsule is for travel to, from and around space, and will take the astronauts to the Lunar Gateway and back. For landing on the Moon itself, they've chosen a different vehicle so that you don't have to worry about making that one capable of re-entry or make Orion cabable of landing on the lunar surface. As both have a huge number of challenges, it's much easier to make two seperate vehicles and both have been made by different contractors.
Luckily Starship (or whatever varient of it ends up being the HLS) has several years to go before it's required to make the first landing, and hopefully there's some sort of a backup plan if either vehicle hits some catastrophic problem which derails the program completely.
Also, Starship hasn't gotten above 12km yet so has pretty much everything to prove. Orion has proven a few things, although SLS is mostly in the same boat as Starship.
Yeah HLS/Starship is a weak point in the moon landing strategy at this stage, Congress should have allocated enough money so NASA could bring 3 partners online so it has 3 moon landers it could choose from, maybe use one just for cargo and one just for crew and one as a backup
But because of budget constraints, NASA could only choose one and that one is HLs/Starship and it needs to land cargo, crew and be its own backup, so it better work because if it doesn't then probably no moon landings till 2030 or later and by the time another moon lander is ready SLS project may be killed off
But because of budget constraints, NASA could only choose one and that one is HLs/Starship and it needs to land cargo, crew and be its own backup, so it better work because if it doesn't then probably no moon landings till 2030 or later and by the time another moon lander is ready SLS project may be killed off
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If it does, then yes. But given the overly convoluted manner in which NASA funds, builds and puts it's rockets together anything could happen.
I think the BBC said Friday is the next launch window
I'm wondering if the delays will push SLS outside of its launch window for today? I thought (maybe wrong) that there was 2hr window starting at 1230GMT and if the delays keep going they're going to be pushed up close to that end time.
And Shaun the Sheep
Shaun the Sheep to fly on Artemis I lunar mission | Aardman
Aardman and ESA have announced that Shaun the Sheep has been assigned a seat on the Artemis I mission to the Moon.
Watching Everyday Astronaiuts stream instead, seems far better than the official NASA livestream so far which keeps blanking and playing the trailer over and over but I'll drop back to the NASA one for the actual launch I think.
His streams are always really good.
Can u link the stream in here please
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I just searched for everyday astronaut and found it easy
Yeah its not difficult to find lol.