NASA cancels Artemis Launch

NASA's delayed Artemis rocket launch to Moon shows perils of liquid hydrogen fuel
But by far the most challenging problem is working in cryogenic conditions.

Hydrogen can slip through the smallest of cracks, especially when it is chilled under pressure, and ultra-low temperatures can make materials — even metal — brittle.

"If you hit steel at that temperature, it will just shatter," Mr Scott-Kilsby said.

"It's one of the reasons that SpaceX and a lot of new companies have moved away from hydrogen, because while you get that peak performance, those additional challenges offset the benefits."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/science...on-rocket-liquid-hydrogen-fuel-leak/101443226
 
Colonizing another world will simply accelerate the dumbasses' destruction of this one.

We don't even have an ocean floor habitation yet. Dumbasses.
 
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NASA will almost certainly want to try to launch on the 27th, but the military is now in charge of public safety and must issue a launch permit.
 
Does anyone know the NASA record for most consecutive non weather related scrubs deep into the countdown?

Google is not helpful.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Does anyone know the NASA record for most consecutive non weather related scrubs deep into the countdown?

Google is not helpful.
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No. Sorry.

Why do you continuously see the world in a negative light, #10? As a kid were you always looking for demons and shitty deals, or did you love life? What happened to clog you up?

Do you see most people as good or bad, #10?
 
They had a fuel leak above allowed limits and had to shut down fueling, but this test has been proclaimed a success.

NASA 2022.
 
Well Sep did not happen. Maybe next month we will see this thing finally either launched or blown up on launch pad 39B. I am waiting for my show.
 
NASA rules out launch of Artemis 1 moon rocket before mid-November

NASA said Friday that officials have ruled out launching the agency’s first giant Space Launch System moon rocket and Orion spacecraft before mid-November, following the rocket’s return to the hangar at Kennedy Space Center for safekeeping from Hurricane Ian.

Ground teams at Kennedy completed initial inspections of the Artemis 1 moon rocket Friday after the spaceport experienced tropical storm force winds and heavy rain. Hurricane Ian, which struck Southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm, weakened to a tropical storm before reaching the Space Coast. The center of circulation passed directly over Kennedy Space Center.

NASA said the Artemis 1 moon rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building escaped damage, and ground facilities are in “good shape with only minor water intrusion identified in a few locations.”

Workers will next extend access platforms around the SLS moon rocket and Orion spacecraft inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. That will enable teams to perform additional inspections and prepare for the next launch attempt, which is now expected in November.

Agency officials said they are now targeting a launch period that opens Nov. 12 for the next opportunity to launch the Artemis 1 test flight. Artemis 1,
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https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/10/...of-artemis-1-moon-rocket-before-mid-november/


So they have finally figured out that they have a shit quality rocket, and will apply Duck Tape hoping to get it to work.
 
9/23/2022
So what is the upside of risking the rocket and spacecraft, which were developed at a cost of more than $30 billion, in a tropical system? By waiting out the weather NASA is seeking to preserve an opportunity to launch on September 27 or October 2. Failing that, it will need to roll back to the hangar regardless.

Doing so would likely push the next launch attempt into the second half of November. "Some life-limited items would be coming up in that case," Blevins said. This appeared to be an admission that for NASA, the clock is ticking on a rocket that has been fully stacked for launch for nearly a year now, and which has critical parts that cannot be serviced in that configuration. In short, NASA officials would very much like to get off the pad as soon as possible
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https://arstechnica.com/science/202...-full-send-it-mode-for-the-artemis-i-mission/


JOY
 
NASA has set a new date for the next launch attempt of its Artemis 1 moon mission.

Artemis 1 will have a 69-minute launch window that opens at 12:07 a.m. EST (1707 GMT) on Nov. 14, during which it will attempt to send the Orion crew capsule to lunar orbit, NASA stated(opens in new tab) in an update today (Oct. 12).
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If they blow it up it will be quite the show.
 
Since resuming work after Hurricane Ian, teams have extended work platforms around SLS and Orion to assess the exterior and access internal components. Exterior inspections will note any foam or cork from the thermal protection system on the rocket or spacecraft that might need to be repaired. Teams will replace the flight batteries for the interim cryogenic propulsion stage and the boosters, as well as the batteries for the flight termination system in the boosters and core stage.

Work will also include charging the CubeSats that are equipped to be re-charged and have elected to do so. Inside Orion, work will include replenishing the specimens and batteries for the biology investigations riding within the capsule, as well as recharging the batteries associated with the crew seat accelerometers and space radiation experiments.
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022...rocket-spacecraft-before-setting-launch-date/

NASA's failure to launch is certainly getting to be a problem.
 
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