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(DIR) Post #AjBW3RQF3Neh2uGX8C by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-03-16T13:33:36Z
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#NASA 📆 2018 "How we engage will depend a lot on the pace at which those systems and capabilities develop" https://www.businessinsider.nl/nasa-sls-replacement-spacex-bfr-blue-origin-new-glenn-2018-11/When should they retire #SLS ?
(DIR) Post #AjBW3SvpRQW3jA3H0K by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-03-16T19:39:47Z
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#SpaceX’s #FalconHeavy costs well north of $100 million 💵 per launch. The #SLS about $4 billion 💰💰💰💰 per launch https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/by-the-numbers-the-space-launch-system-nasas-next-moon-rocket/
(DIR) Post #AjBW3TpU6V2GVm5ikq by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-03-17T14:25:41Z
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@lori_garver “It got funded as a rocket to nowhere, and we at #NASA had to figure out something to do with it”.The #rocket is #unsustainable by design, relying on an old and potentially quite expensive 💰 way to get to #space 🌌. Much of #SLS is a holdover from the #SpaceShuttle. https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1065143/nasa-artemis-return-to-moon
(DIR) Post #AjBW3UXnRkTsjCp6p6 by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-03-17T14:51:38Z
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"Political and #aerospace interests were more than reluctant to embrace any changes which they viewed as a threat to their own hegemony."The mainstream media doesn’t cover #SpaceExploration and #SpaceScience with the same questioning 🔍 rigor that they reserve for #politics. People writing about space exploration are mostly cheerleaders 🥳 for the cause, rather than independent observers keeping a watchful eye on how our national monies 💰 are spent. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2022/06/23/new-book-paints-bleak-picture-of-nasas-human-spaceflight-program/#NASA #SLS #Artemis
(DIR) Post #AjBW3VHAj2mEzw3LY8 by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-03-17T15:02:54Z
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📆 2019 A senior #NASA official had opened the door to NASA flying its first crewed 👩🚀 missions to the #Moon 🌙 on a #FalconHeavy rocket 🚀 built by #SpaceX https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/nasa-chief-says-a-falcon-heavy-rocket-could-fly-humans-to-the-moon/
(DIR) Post #AjBW3VrKYbhUo4yDuS by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-03-17T15:24:31Z
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When Mr Bridenstine suggested in 2019 that America could return to the Moon 🌙 using #SpaceX’s #FalconHeavy, he provoked a row with Richard #Shelby, a senator from #Alabama who was then chairman of the Senate appropriations committee. Welcoming the #SLS in 2011, Mr Shelby said that #NASA’s exploration of space, “has always been and always will be through Marshall Space Flight Centre [in #Alabama].” https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2022/08/24/nasas-space-launch-system-is-yesterdays-rocket#SpacePolitics #PorkBarrel
(DIR) Post #AjBW3X0EJ0PgLy8qQ4 by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-03-17T15:32:42Z
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It will become inevitably embarrassing if #Starship is launching dozens of times a year like #Falcon9 is, and #SLS 💰 once every two years. #FalconHeavy is the one SLS was originally in a race against, not Starship. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/former-nasa-official-on-trying-to-stop-sls-there-was-just-such-visible-hostility/
(DIR) Post #AjBW3XnVLnpQonCCDw by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-03-17T15:52:37Z
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#NASA’s Office of Inspector General issued a devastating 👎 audit 🔍 of the program, which found that delays to the #SLS booster and engine contracts have resulted in an approximately $6 billion 💰💰💰💰💰💰 cost-overrun. The report further criticizes the use of #CostPlus contracts, a fee structure by which essentially all of the risk is taken on by the government. https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/13/congress-prepares-to-continue-throwing-money-at-nasas-space-launch-system/
(DIR) Post #AjBW3YWAfjYd3K5rqS by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-03-17T16:11:51Z
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The #SLS and #Orion spacecraft projects are of such a scale that they spend money in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, creating #parochial interest in nearly every congressional district. It sounds like a straightforward argument: cancel the slow and outdated SLS and direct its $2.6 billion 💰 per year into novel public-private partnerships like #SpaceX’s #Starship https://www.planetary.org/articles/why-we-have-the-sls
(DIR) Post #AjBW3ZEpzfHpHqzXSy by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-05-04T20:10:14Z
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#NASA found that protective “char layer” material from the heat shield wore away unexpectedly during reentry in more than 100 locations. The material cracked and broke off the #spacecraft in pieces, creating a trail of debris, instead of melting away as it was supposed to. The spacecraft heats 🔥 up to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit during reentry—about half as hot as the surface of the sun ☀️. Some bolts on Orion also unexpectedly melted and eroded. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nasas-orion-capsule-heat-shield-wore-away-in-more-than-100-places-during-2022-test-flight-posing-significant-risks-180984296/#Orion #Artemis
(DIR) Post #AjBW3Zw5OrshRzE4sS by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-03-17T18:32:09Z
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Adjusted for inflation, the cost of one launch of the #SaturnV in the 📆 1960s was around $1.5 billion 💰, which is a far cry from the $4 billion 💰💰💰💰 required for just one #SLS launch https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/32011-nasas-powerful-and-contraversial-sls-rocket-ready-to-launch#SenateLaunchSystem
(DIR) Post #AjBW3ZzHD0Qvbsicqm by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-05-07T18:24:44Z
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May 1, 2024 #Orion Heat Shield Char Loss After #Artemis I Mission https://oig.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ig-24-011.pdf#NASA
(DIR) Post #AjBW3axBcGM6bgkTEO by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-06-17T16:54:55Z
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#Starliner's #HeatShield is made of #Boeing Lightweight Ablator, a honeycomb-like structure that is hand-filled with the ablator. In areas that receive less heat, the capsule is covered with a mix of thermal blankets and heat shield tiles, both of which have #SpaceShuttle heritage.The descent through the atmosphere will reach temperatures of 1,650 degrees 🔥 Celsius. Once through the thicker part of the #atmosphere, the heat shields are #jettisoned 🗑️ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/06/starliner-cft-launch/
(DIR) Post #AjBW3bdN5Q6EiWU9z6 by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-03-17T19:17:09Z
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#SLS is a boondoggle. The conception and execution of the project has been a near-perfect example of #PorkBarrel politics. Pork barrels are lousy ways to advance technology. Just a fraction of the $23bn 💰 spent on the #SLS could make an enormous difference. https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/08/28/nasas-newest-rocket-is-a-colossal-waste-of-money
(DIR) Post #AjBW3bkSf3lr4Vnp2G by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-06-20T15:55:58Z
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#Starliner has encountered persistent helium leaks in the propulsion system and several thrusters that stopped working when the capsule was in the final phase of rendezvousing with the #ISS. #NASA and #Boeing officials confirmed that Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will now return to Earth on 📆 June 26, instead of the originally planned date of June 14 ⏳ https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/20/boeings-starliner-capsule-took-astronauts-to-space-now-it-needs-to-bring-them-back/
(DIR) Post #AjBW3bmwVpkvCCxnu4 by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-06-21T14:51:49Z
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"The test flight revealed anomalies with the #Orion heat shield, separation bolts, and power distribution that pose significant risks to the safety of the crew. Separation bolt melt beyond the thermal barrier during #reentry can expose the vehicle to hot gas ingestion behind the heat shield, exceeding Orion’s structural limits and resulting in the breakup 💥 of the vehicle and loss of crew.” 💀 https://payloadspace.com/nasa-audit-identifies-significant-issues-with-orion-heat-shield/#NASA awarded design and development to #Boeing 😱 https://www.space.com/2946-boeing-thermal-protection-system-orion-spacecraft.html
(DIR) Post #AjBW3d6pbNG7IBHCXg by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-06-22T07:58:09Z
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#NASA indefinitely delays ⏳ return of Starliner. During a pair of news conferences since #Starliner docked to the station officials have downplayed 🙈🙉🙊 the overall seriousness 😱 of the issues. But they have yet to fully explain why they are not yet comfortable with releasing Starliner to fly back to Earth under normal circumstances. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/nasa-indefinitely-delays-return-of-starliner-to-review-propulsion-data/#Boeing #HumanSpaceflightSecurity
(DIR) Post #AjBW3dt2i7p7hhphgm by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-06-21T15:28:28Z
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‘Yes, I have #safety experience. But it’s in the dairy 🥛🧀 industry’. #Boeing chief admits the company has retaliated against #whistleblowers 🤔🙄 https://edition.cnn.com/business/live-news/boeing-ceo-testify-senate/index.html #Starliner #QualityAssurance
(DIR) Post #AkKGQH0ZsJQZSSukfQ by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-07-26T14:47:47Z
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The #costs were much higher than expected: Each flight cost an estimated $500 million 💰, which was similar to the cost of #Apollo-era launches. Carrying a one-pound payload proved to be about 10 times more expensive than the optimistic forecasts had predicted https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3095318/the-lost-decades-of-government-run-space-travel/#SpaceShuttle
(DIR) Post #Au7t5LlnY9iK4vueP2 by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-03-24T22:43:57Z
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One of the biggest impediments to reform was @senbillnelson , the former #US senator from #Florida who represented #KennedySpaceCenter and now runs #NASA https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/21/get-your-boy-elon-in-line-nasa-tell-all-recounts-turmoil-over-private-space-race-00041085(The same guy who now wonders whether #China 🇨🇳 might be faster on the #Moon 🤦♂️)#SpacePolitics #SpaceRace
(DIR) Post #Au7t5MyF5NGJnok6RE by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-03-25T18:55:02Z
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@senbillnelson 's outsized influence on #NASA over four decades is undisputed, but some of us in the #SpaceCommunity are concerned this may not be a feature 👎. Senator #Nelson’s imprint on the #SpaceProgram has led to grand pronouncements based on #unrealistic industry estimates, multibillion-dollar 💰 #cost overruns, years of schedule #delays and unmet expectations 😠 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bill-nelson-isnt-the-best-choice-for-nasa-administrator/#SpacePolitics #PorkBarrel
(DIR) Post #Au7t5NydLPAYvJvvge by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-05-18T15:04:45Z
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Bill Nelson claimed in his opening statement to have always supported commercial space. Nelson was not always as enthusiastic about commercial #spaceflight. In 2010 the then-senator proposed zeroing 0️⃣ out the commercial crew program https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/550148-bill-nelson-is-a-born-again-supporter-of-commercial-space-at-nasa/#SpacePolitics
(DIR) Post #Au7t5OdOtpmMxl0UEK by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-12-07T00:11:36Z
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Mr. #Isaacman would replace the current administrator, #BillNelson https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/science/jared-isaacman-trump-nasa.html#NASA #CommercialSpaceflight #SpacePolitics
(DIR) Post #Au7t5PN89oMJFaP0Vc by spaceflight@spacey.space
2025-05-03T14:37:18Z
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📆 May 02, 2025• Increased commitment to human 👨🚀 space exploration, introducing $1 billion in new investments for #Mars 🔴-focused programs.• The #SLS rocket and #Orion capsule will be retired after #Artemis III. The budget also ends the #Gateway Program 💀 • #ISS replacement in 📆 2030https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/president-trumps-fy26-budget-revitalizes-human-space-exploration#NASA #SpacePolitics #HumanSpaceflight
(DIR) Post #Au7t5QQMFIXCVsv6B6 by spaceflight@spacey.space
2025-05-15T16:17:07Z
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Under the #COTS model, #NASA provides funding and guidance to private companies to develop their own #spacecraft, #rockets, and #services, and then buys those at a "market" rate. #SpaceX, #BlueOrigin, #RocketLab and #ImpulseSpace could ferry cargo to #Mars 🔴 and land there https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/if-congress-actually-cancels-the-sls-rocket-what-happens-next#SLS #Orion #Artemis #Moon
(DIR) Post #Au7t5TNHHCqxfCVBIG by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-05-04T19:44:37Z
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“Years ago it would have seemed like a moon shot for #China 🇨🇳 to become a world leader in lunar research, but now it’s actually happening” • #DORN will be the first #French 🇫🇷 scientific device on the #moon• #NILS was built by #Sweden 🇸🇪 scientists with support from #ESA • A laser retroflector from #Italy 🇮🇹 and #Pakistan🇵🇰 will separate from the orbiter and carry out imaging and other tasks in the lunar orbithttps://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3261346/chinas-change-6-blasts-mission-fetch-first-rock-samples-far-side-moon#ChangE6
(DIR) Post #Au7t5aSqusTJeWAESG by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-12-07T14:52:40Z
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It is not easy to turn a big #bureaucracy, and there will undoubtedly be friction and pain points. But the opportunity here is enticing: #NASA should not be competing with things that private industry is already doing better, such as launching big rockets. Rather, it should find difficult research and development projects at the edge of the possible. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/how-did-the-ceo-of-an-online-payments-firm-become-the-nominee-to-lead-nasa#SLS #Artemis
(DIR) Post #Au7t5bjCDb8hZUonZI by spaceflight@spacey.space
2025-02-04T02:22:59Z
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Prof Logsdon* expects big changes under #Trump, Mr #Musk and Mr #Isaacman: scrapping programmes, closing NASA centres and more contracting out to #SpaceX, #BlueOrigin and other private sector firms. "There is a delicate balance between the interests of #NASA, #Congress and the #WhiteHouse." Mr Isaacman has called the #SLS "outrageously expensive" and said that the major aerospace contractors are "incentivised to be economically #inefficient". https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn93797z2dpo* https://www.planetary.org/profiles/jon-logsdon
(DIR) Post #Au7t5bn5z6G5ladue8 by spaceflight@spacey.space
2025-05-03T17:10:18Z
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The #Mars 🔴 Sample Return mission will be achieved by #human 👩🚀 missions to Mars. "Crew and cargo flights to the #ISS would be significantly reduced 📉. The station’s reduced research capacity would be focused on efforts critical to the #Moon and Mars exploration programs." https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/white-house-budget-seeks-to-end-sls-orion-and-lunar-gateway-programs#Artemis #SLS #Orion
(DIR) Post #Au7t5cRrXWrto1iTBo by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-05-04T19:54:32Z
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#China's 🇨🇳 lunar program appears to be in the lead. It is difficult to argue about the string of successes with the Chang'e lunar program and the unprecedented landing on the far side of the #Moon 🌙. Larger human landers built by #SpaceX and #BlueOrigin will open up a highway 🛣️ to the Moon the likes of which could only be dreamed of during the #Apollo era https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/china-just-launched-another-ambitious-lunar-mission-is-nasa-falling-behind/#CNSA #NASA
(DIR) Post #Au7t5ikW75M5LcUS6C by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-06-22T19:04:05Z
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A #satellite 🛰️ developed by #China 🇨🇳 and #France 🇫🇷, the most powerful 💪 yet for studying the farthest explosions of stars 🎇, was launched into orbit on Saturday. China’s advances 📈 in space and lunar exploration are rapidly outpacing those of the #US, attracting partners from #European and #Asian countries as a result https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2815780/sino-french-satellite-launched-into-orbit
(DIR) Post #Au7t5k8ewoGFemnFMu by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-12-22T23:46:10Z
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The incoming Trump administration will certainly keep #NASA's goal of landing people on the Moon, but without the budgetary 💰 burden of the #SLS rocket. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/trumps-nominee-to-lead-nasa-favors-a-full-embrace-of-commercial-space
(DIR) Post #Au7t5kIwKaU6AfbSOO by spaceflight@spacey.space
2025-02-22T16:31:37Z
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#NASA is losing four key senior officials close to its #Artemis moon 🌙 program. Hundreds of NASA employees have accepted buyout offers from the #Trump administration. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/key-nasa-officials-departure-casts-more-uncertainty-over-us-moon-program-2025-02-19
(DIR) Post #Au7t5kwdwyFA9oBAHI by spaceflight@spacey.space
2025-02-07T22:25:14Z
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#SpaceX has developed two heavy lift rockets in the last decade, and #BlueOrigin just launched #NewGlenn. Each of these rockets is at least partially reusable ♻️ and flies at less than one-tenth 💵 the cost of the #SLS rocket 💰 https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/boeing-has-informed-its-employees-that-nasa-may-cancel-sls-contracts#Boeing #NASA
(DIR) Post #Au7t5qguaNDzykrgae by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-05-07T19:06:21Z
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It is not the first time #China 🇨🇳 has included bonus #spacecraft on missions https://spacenews.com/chinas-change-6-is-carrying-a-surprise-rover-to-the-moon/#ChangE6
(DIR) Post #Au7t5rYRNM2ieluR1c by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-06-23T12:44:23Z
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Reddish-brown gas or smoke from the booster could be indicative of nitrogen tetroxide, while a yellowish gas could be caused by hydrazine fuel mixing with air. Contact with either remaining fuel or oxidizer from the rocket stage could be very harmful to individuals.Falling rocket debris is a common issue with #China’s launches from its three inland launch sites.https://spacenews.com/china-launches-sino-french-astrophysics-satellite-debris-falls-over-populated-area/
(DIR) Post #Au7t5sJwWk2Z268N4C by spaceflight@spacey.space
2025-04-09T00:28:49Z
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The #SLS project is about $6 billion 💰 over budget and six years behind schedule ⏳😴 , according to a #government audit, with reports suggesting it is “50-50” whether Mr Trump scraps the programme. In a city where around 10 per cent 📊 of the 225,000 population work for the government, there is concern among residents that they could be in the eye of the #Doge storm 🌪️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/04/06/alabama-rocket-city-heart-us-space-travel-musk-doge-demise
(DIR) Post #Au7t5yQXp6szyJGjBo by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-05-09T17:49:09Z
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#ChangE6 will likely attempt to land around early June, once the sun ☀️ is high enough in the sky over the landing area for generating power 🔋 https://spacenews.com/change-6-enters-lunar-orbit-ahead-of-far-side-landing-attempt/
(DIR) Post #Au7t5z8VBg32Adppho by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-06-23T12:45:37Z
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Rocket crashes on town https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1zmC39vU85E#China
(DIR) Post #Au7t5zjMybXS0z5HAe by spaceflight@spacey.space
2025-04-09T22:21:53Z
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#Isaacman said #NASA’s current architecture for the #Artemis lunar plans, based on the #SLS rocket and #Orion spacecraft, is probably not the ideal “long-term” solution to NASA’s deep space transportation plans 👎 https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/isaacman-sls-and-orion-are-not-a-long-term-solution-for-nasa
(DIR) Post #Au7t66kgs5kpn6kvhY by spaceflight@spacey.space
2024-06-25T18:04:39Z
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🇨🇳 #ChangE6 is the first mission in human history to return samples from the far side of the #moon 🌙. Chang’e-5 and Chang’e-6 are both test runs for #China’s future crewed 👨🚀 missions to the moon https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/science/change-6-china-earth-moon.html
(DIR) Post #Au7t67htJz6qkiSCye by spaceflight@spacey.space
2025-04-30T16:54:46Z
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"Both contractors are already required to validate reusable heavy-lift launch capabilities—technologies essential for transporting mass beyond #LEO, whether toward the #Moon 🌙 or #Mars 🔴". The vote was 19–9 https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/after-his-support-for-artemis-senate-committee-advances-isaacman-nomination#Isaacman #NASA #Artemis #SpaceX #BlueOrigin #SpaceLogistics
(DIR) Post #B2f4Q1q2pIYOC5eUSm by spaceflight@spacey.space
2025-11-03T15:12:47Z
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The #crew 👩🚀 will in some ways be human guinea pigs 🐀 (10 days in 9m³).Experiments will monitor how their bodies are affected by space 🌌. "We want to be able to study in depth the effect of the #microgravity and the #radiation ☢️".On arrival, the astronauts will begin a #dangerous part of the mission as they re-enter 🔥 the Earth's #atmosphere https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7pegvz17yo#NASA #Artemis #HumanSpaceflight
(DIR) Post #B2f4Q39vuq3aI3xt6O by spaceflight@spacey.space
2025-11-03T19:39:59Z
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The heat shield 🔥🛡️ was not permeable enough during #Artemis I. This led to gas buildup, higher pressures, and the observed cracking. The heat shield for Artemis II is actually more impermeable than the Artemis I vehicle. #NASA’s data 💽 convinced the IRT that modifying the entry profile for Artemis II would offset the impermeability of the heat shield."#NASA is relying on #risk assessments and #simulations to determine the safety of #Orion’s existing heat shield." https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/former-flight-director-who-reviewed-orion-heat-shield-data-says-there-was-no-dissent/
(DIR) Post #B2f4Q4KbYeBfvRxvNI by spaceflight@spacey.space
2026-01-08T16:04:48Z
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Should the #Artemis II crew also pray 🙏 for the integrity of their heat shield 🛡️🔥?Pictures : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_1_prayer.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jsc2023e016431_alt.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster_ET208_camera.gif#Orion #Apollo #SpaceShuttle #Columbia #NASA
(DIR) Post #B2f4QAiDpkdziR3s1I by spaceflight@spacey.space
2026-01-06T20:33:31Z
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#Mice 🐁 at the #ISS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7lgj3aZ8dU
(DIR) Post #B2f4QBcaSBjMXFQssK by spaceflight@spacey.space
2025-12-08T09:16:16Z
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📆 2016 “the test of the new #Orion heat shield has become one of the most important mission objectives.” #NASA hasn’t really explained how it plans to test the new heat shield design 🤔 https://www.popsci.com/report-raises-safety-concerns-about-nasas-orion-capsule-and-heavy-lift-rocket/📆 2025 #NASA announced that it would reformulate the Avcoat material used in the heat shield for #Artemis3 to prevent the heat shield erosion seen on the #Artemis 1 reentry. ASAP will press #NASA to “consider reallocation of #test objectives" https://spacenews.com/safety-panel-urges-nasa-to-reassess-artemis-mission-objectives-to-reduce-risk/
(DIR) Post #B2f4QHDzcXcfuhyKNE by spaceflight@spacey.space
2026-01-26T01:05:21Z
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#NASA found chunks of the heat shield had broken off. That is not how the heat shield is supposed to behave. Up for debate is how well NASA’s #Artemis mission managers understand the problem and how much #risk the suboptimal heat shield poses to the four #astronauts 🧑🚀. Other experts disagree that changing #Orion’s flight path is enough to guarantee that the crew will make it home safely. Engineers cannot possibly predict exactly how the heat shield will behave https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/23/science/artemis-2-orion-capsule-heat-shield
(DIR) Post #B2f4QIiW4XdIXfGDaa by spaceflight@spacey.space
2026-01-06T21:04:05Z
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So long #Tiangong, and thanks for all the soy milk 🍼 https://interestingengineering.com/science/china-space-mouse-gives-birth-9-pups
(DIR) Post #B2f4QJ4UkpDJdpXlqa by spaceflight@spacey.space
2026-01-03T16:57:33Z
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"The point of returning #astronauts 🧑🚀 to the moon 🌙 is to better understand the vehicles and systems it takes to support human life and navigate such a harsh environment" ☢️. #Orion’s heat shield 🔥🛡️ will also be put to the ultimate test https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/31/science/artemis-2-astronauts-moon-mission-overview#Artemis #LabRats #HumanSpaceflightHealth #RadiationProtection