Space Launch System - Orion
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This morning at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility, the NASA SLS intertank structural test article was transported to the barge Pegasus! The intertank is the second piece of structural hardware for the rocket's massive core stage scheduled for delivery to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center for testing.
RS-25 engine tested to 113% nominal thrust
Full article
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/02/rs-25-hot-...
Youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkHs3Nc0rxU
Full article
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/02/rs-25-hot-...
Youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkHs3Nc0rxU
Crew Access Arm added to the leaning Tower of SLS today
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/9681841...
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/9681841...
MartG said:
Screw that!!! But I guess, if you aren't brave enough to walk across that, you're probably not brave to go into space!NASA no longer planning a second mobile launcher for SLS
http://spacenews.com/nasa-no-longer-seeking-to-dev...
It means a minimum of 33 months between first and second SLS flights while the launcher is modified. Given EM-1 flight has now slipped to 2020, this puts the first manned flight ( EM-2 ) back a year to 2023 at the earliest.
http://spacenews.com/nasa-no-longer-seeking-to-dev...
It means a minimum of 33 months between first and second SLS flights while the launcher is modified. Given EM-1 flight has now slipped to 2020, this puts the first manned flight ( EM-2 ) back a year to 2023 at the earliest.
Edited by MartG on Tuesday 6th March 11:32
Eric Mc said:
AshVX220 said:
MartG said:
Yes - there's a fair bit of equipment to be added to it - left off to reduce the weight to lift by crane
If it was mesh I still wouldn't have the bottle to walk across it (really don't do heights!!). I do wonder if SLS will have any real future, with the growing success of SpaceX and the Falcon Heavy.
AshVX220 said:
Eric Mc said:
AshVX220 said:
MartG said:
Yes - there's a fair bit of equipment to be added to it - left off to reduce the weight to lift by crane
If it was mesh I still wouldn't have the bottle to walk across it (really don't do heights!!). I do wonder if SLS will have any real future, with the growing success of SpaceX and the Falcon Heavy.
I dont feel it has a future.
I think we may see two or three SLS launches before it and Orion are quietly defunded by an incoming administration, in favour of buying launch and transportation services for NASA manned deep space missions from a private company ( Blue Origin or SpaceX ).
Instead of spending the majority of their budget replicating things available more cheaply elsewhere, the money could then be spent developing payloads for them to launch - including Lunar landers
Instead of spending the majority of their budget replicating things available more cheaply elsewhere, the money could then be spent developing payloads for them to launch - including Lunar landers
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