This is bad news for pressing forward with Artemis crewed moon launch on schedule.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...st-flight-posing-significant-risks-180984296/
I attended a talk in Boulder, Colorado, USA, a few months ago about the Orion capsule and the Artemis program that depends on the Orion capsule working well. The talk was given by the Lockheed-Martin person in charge of the Orion capsule development. He said during the talk that the burned away spots on the heat shield looked bad but were not a safety risk. It looks like NASA is nervous about the Orion capsule. If so, it looks like the capsule will have to be modified. If that is so, then the capsule will have to be live tested using a real re-entry, again, no? That seems like certain delay for the Artemis program.
Dang.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...st-flight-posing-significant-risks-180984296/
I attended a talk in Boulder, Colorado, USA, a few months ago about the Orion capsule and the Artemis program that depends on the Orion capsule working well. The talk was given by the Lockheed-Martin person in charge of the Orion capsule development. He said during the talk that the burned away spots on the heat shield looked bad but were not a safety risk. It looks like NASA is nervous about the Orion capsule. If so, it looks like the capsule will have to be modified. If that is so, then the capsule will have to be live tested using a real re-entry, again, no? That seems like certain delay for the Artemis program.
Dang.