Space Launch System - Orion
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Should be quite a show. The 380-foot-tall SLS launch tower has been moved out to the pad again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx07BnwcPcc&fe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx07BnwcPcc&fe...
ESA has formally agreed to help build the Lunar Gateway
https://www.space.com/europe-help-build-gateway-mo...
https://www.space.com/europe-help-build-gateway-mo...
They need to get international agreements in place to ensure continuity if there is a new President next year. I do not see Biden or Harris being terribly enthusiastic about SLS/Artemis and they will probably look to cancel it. If you get yourself tied into an international and legally binding agreement with another country, you are proofing against cancellation - to some extent.
That's what the French did with Concorde.
That's what the French did with Concorde.
Eric Mc said:
They need to get international agreements in place to ensure continuity if there is a new President next year. I do not see Biden or Harris being terribly enthusiastic about SLS/Artemis and they will probably look to cancel it. If you get yourself tied into an international and legally binding agreement with another country, you are proofing against cancellation - to some extent.
That's what the French did with Concorde.
NASA has been forced to unilaterally cancel several international collaborations over the years, usually after the politicians have defunded a particular programme, so it may not help That's what the French did with Concorde.
MartG said:
NASA has been forced to unilaterally cancel several international collaborations over the years, usually after the politicians have defunded a particular programme, so it may not help
It doesn't guarantee anything, but it does add some added insurance. It gives them a bit more ammo to try and plead for funding.ESA Director General Jan Wörner: "With NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine I signed the #Artemis Gateway ESA/NASA MoU, taking 20 years of International Space Station collaboration #ForwardtotheMoon. This marks a critical point for Europe: we are going not only with equipment, but also with European astronauts!" 👉 https://bit.ly/31P3YlN
Beati Dogu said:
That's good. The Japanese & Canadians are involved too.
Shame they weren't on an earlier Russian space station.Eric Mc said:
Are they running ads for Compare the Market.com as well?
They're missing a trick if they're not.Because then we could have Compare The Mir Crew.com
A partial PDU failure in the Artemis 1 Orion could cause a major delay, with repair options estimated to take between 4 and 12 months to complete
To me it seems like bad design that a single component failure could take so long to fix
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/30/21726753/nasa-...
To me it seems like bad design that a single component failure could take so long to fix
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/30/21726753/nasa-...
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