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Citing “crew safety,” NASA delays upcoming Artemis missions by about a year (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/nasa

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Not too surprising, but the schedule slip is now official. Artemis II is NET 2025-09 and Artemis III is NET 2026-09.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, HLS/starship is up for 2 demonstration landings before Artemis 3, and seeing how it needs 12 (8? 17?) launches worth of fuel to do it, that means at least 36 launches before Artemis 3.

That's a very tall order for a rocket with zero orbits or landings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

a rocket with zero orbits or landings

SN15 did land successfully, which is the only stage strictly required to land for HLS requirements. They could (and likely will) launch the booster in expendable mode until they perfect soft-water landings and build a second launch tower for booster catch attempts.

They'll want to work out booster reuse ASAP, but there's nothing preventing them from launching methalox tankers concurrently.

That being said, 2026 still feels a wee bit ambitious.

I'm hoping we see a ramp up in Starship launches this year. Maybe ~5 in 2024, a dozen or two in 2025?