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NASA delays Artemis II and III missions (www.theregister.com)
submitted 10 months ago by Olap to c/space
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not unexpected, but a bummer

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That's just a difference in testing methods. Testing to failure figuring out what went wrong and fixing it is a valid method. If you look at ULA's timeline, their testing and design for Vulcan was done not during flights, but it cost them falling behind in launch orders.

Besides, the lander wasn't going to be used until Artemis III. Whatever delays II isn't caused by SpaceX.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Vulcan was delayed because of BE-4 readiness, not because of anything ULA itself was doing

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Still doesn't invalidate what I said. If their testing was done during flights it could have made it to space sooner.

The BE-4 did look really good though.