I was hoping the delivery of SLS’s core stage to KSC would mean that NASA is optimistic about the resolution of Orion’s heat shield problems, but apparently maybe that’s not the case.
Basedshark01 on
From the article:
>Potential solutions to the heat shield issue for Artemis II include altering the spacecraft’s trajectory during reentry or making changes to the heat shield itself. The latter option would require partially disassembling the Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, something that would probably delay the launch date from September 2025 until 2027 at the earliest.
slothboy on
Yeah, I guess that’s a pretty important component.
RobDickinson on
2027 for Artemis II??!?!
What part of this program isnt buried in problems?
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I was hoping the delivery of SLS’s core stage to KSC would mean that NASA is optimistic about the resolution of Orion’s heat shield problems, but apparently maybe that’s not the case.
From the article:
>Potential solutions to the heat shield issue for Artemis II include altering the spacecraft’s trajectory during reentry or making changes to the heat shield itself. The latter option would require partially disassembling the Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, something that would probably delay the launch date from September 2025 until 2027 at the earliest.
Yeah, I guess that’s a pretty important component.
2027 for Artemis II??!?!
What part of this program isnt buried in problems?