Artemis I Launch Attempt Scrubbed

Re:Artemis I Launch Attempt Scrubbed by KennyBlanken on Saturday September 03, 2022 @03:08PM (#32705017)

It's a big complex project that legislators decreed should re-use ancient engines and structural components from the shuttle - a project that was the world's first space-faring barrel of pork, infamous for its operating expenditures.

One of the arguments for doing so was that the engines were "proven."

checks news story

Oh hey, it's the engines that are causing these delays.

NASA has been so over-budget on the project, they had to commit accounting fraud to try and cover it up.

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Re:Artemis I Launch Attempt Scrubbed by mlyle on Saturday September 03, 2022 @04:20PM (#32705687)

> Oh hey, it's the engines that are causing these delays.

??? Last scrub was because of a problem with providing bleed cooling to cold soak everything.

This scrub appears to be a problem with a quick disconnect used in fueling operations or the piping just inside it.

Neither are the "engines".

I'm skeptical of Artemis, but come on.

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Re:Artemis I Launch Attempt Scrubbed by kylegordon on Saturday September 03, 2022 @05:39PM (#32706371)

Outright wrong.

"Multiple troubleshooting efforts to address the area of the leak by reseating a seal in the quick disconnect where liquid hydrogen is fed into the rocket did not fix the issue"

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