Unfair! NASA just suggested not to fly SpaceX Starship to Orbit this year cause of SLS still there

Overseas, the Starship would be the largest rocket in the world and may also provide the cheapest launches to achieve

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. SpaceX will need to launch fleets of Starships daily, as well as customers for the Starship spacecraft and Spacex's referenced super-heavy rocket with massive payload capability. Collectively as Starship are fully reusable transportation systems designed to transport crew and cargo to Earth

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, the Moon, Mars and beyond, Starship will be the world's most powerful launch vehicle capable of transporting more than 100 metric tons to Earth

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, according to Elon Musk, the CEO. of SpaceX talks about Starship, it mainly talks about human exploration that turns humans into a multiplanetary species by establishing bases on Mars to save humanity from extinction.

Musk responded to a tweet about Starship today saying that a Starship will be an incredible scientific enabler of full reusability and a high production rate generates an order of magnitude increase in money per kilogram in orbit and beyond be

cause

the primary user of

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rocket is the next generation of the Starling constellation, science does not need to cover fixed costs, regardless of the great potential NASA

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suggested

that Starship might not fly to orbit this

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a recent research paper from NASA indicates that the vehicle system of Spacex's Starship Next Generation launch could carry out its orbital test flight next

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, the paper portion of NASA's presentation to the 73rd International Astronautical Congress starting today in France uses publicly available information to share details about the Artemis program NASA's Starship will play a central role in Artemis, marking NASA's efforts to establish a permanent presence on the moon, the spacecraft will be responsible for landing astronauts on the lunar surface and the research paper shares other details about the rocket and its tanker variants that will form the first propellant depot in space in the modern era.

However, the NASA document does not make clear the future of the spacecraft after the astronauts are transferred to the Orion spacecraft. The document provides rare information about NASA's plans for the Artemis program, which will use the agency's Space Launch System rocket to perform flights to the lunar surface, while the first Artemis mission is scheduled to launch shortly after for NASA to fix fuel leak issues in its supporting architecture. The third mission will become the first to take astronauts to the lunar surface. The research paper presented today NASA officials to the IAC share details about the agency's plans for the Artemis 3 mission and outline that as part of Artemis 3, astronauts will fly from Earth and SLS aboard the spacecraft Orion;

However, before this happens, Starship will first launch its Propellant Depot into orbit followed by Starships tankers to fill the tank. Once the tank is full, the lunar Starship variant will take off fuel from the tank and then begin its journey to the near-rectilinear orbit of Halo or nrho after performing a translunar injection once it reaches its destination and performs the necessary checks and tests. Starship will await astronauts leaving Earth aboard the Orion spacecraft on the SLS; However, it is unclear what will happen to Starship after the astronauts return from the Moon and return to Orion. since after this, the hls Starship will be unlocked and complete its removal according to NASA.

NASA also explained

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's progress with Starship in the document, sharing that having completed the Starship's 10-kilometer flight and landing, SpaceX is now focusing on the rocket's first orbital flight test. According to the Space Agency, it will arrive next year, the document was posted on NASA's technical report server in August, and with TI heading to this year's iac conference, it can be reasonably inferred that the wording suggests that the Starship's first orbital flight will take place in 2023. However, this might not be the case as next year is

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vague and could involve the year after the 10 kilometer suborbital flight test or 2022, at this time SpaceX It is also working on systems for Starship maneuvering and sequencing to make it compatible with Orion. to dock, since both will join together near the moon to transfer the astronauts from the ladder to the old spacecraft, in addition the Starship docking mechanisms with the propellant tank and the thermal and meteorite protection systems have been tested of the spacecraft, NASA ultimately plans to award SpaceX The HLS Option B contract this fall is an extension of the Artemis program and will see SpaceX develop a spacecraft capable of sustaining a human presence on the Moon while NASA is laying the groundwork. bases for another attempt to launch the space launch system on Artemis 1.

Mission later this month specifically, NASA is now preparing for a crucial feel test of its Artemis a Moon rocket on Wednesday that could keep the massive vehicle on on track for takeoff less than a week later. Wednesday's fuel test will show if the fix worked. 1 plans to pump supercold propellants consisting of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to the SLS on launch pad 39b at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The operation is scheduled to begin at 7:15 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday and will conclude when the objectives for the test have been met. NASA officials wrote in an update on Friday.

You can watch the test live here directly from the space agency. If successful, we have a launch attempt to look forward to on September 27, but in case Artemis 1 fails to reach the September target. 27th launch opportunity backup window opens on October 2 Artemis 1 stack launched to pad 39b on August 16 from KSC Vehicle Assembly Building if Wednesday's feel test does not go well SLS and Orion may have to return to the VAB for more extensive work. Hardness 1 may also have to return to the VAB for another reason: the mission's flight termination system, which is designed to destroy the rocket if it veers off course.

During the launch, it was certified for only a 25-day period, that time is now up and NASA needs a waiver from the US Space Force to allow the launch of Artimus 1 in its current condition. The Space Force oversees the eastern range for rocket launches NASA has already received one of those 20-25 day exemptions and has requested another if the second request is rejected the FTS or flight termination system would have to be recertified, which would require a reversion to the VAB , for now there is

still

a waiting game and many questions surrounding the schedule for the launch of Artemis 1.

The ultimate goal of this project is to obtain the SLS rocket to orbit and deploy the Orion capsule, which is built for astronauts, but will fly empty for this test mission. The capsule will orbit the Moon before making the 384,400 kilometer trip back home. The Artemis 1 mission is

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the beginning of a program that will aim to return humans to the moon and eventually land raw missions on Mars. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the problems during the first two flights have not

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d any delays in future missions of the Artemis program, but we all really know that we just want the SLS rocket to take off first.

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