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Re:After a decade, NASA’s big rocket fails its first real test by jbay808 on Sunday January 17, 2021 @01:52PM (#25813639)
Doesn't a green run refer to a beginner level course? Like a practice ski hill?
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Re:After a decade, NASA’s big rocket fails its first real test by maccam94 on Sunday January 17, 2021 @11:27PM (#25818144)
I didn't realize there was any other way to interpret it besides "getting green (successful) results for all of the tests" (there are 8 test stages planned). I think we're both wrong though:

"The term “green” refers to the new hardware that will work together to power the stage, and “run” refers to operating all the components together simultaneously for the first time." --https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/green-run-test-...

I still think these tests should be run more than once though, the RS-25's were originally reusable anyway.

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