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Artemis II heat shield has problems

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2 points by mark336 2 months ago · 1 comment

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mark336OP 2 months ago

The heat shield in the Artemis I test flight failed. Now the Artemis II is using the same heat shield because to redesign would have taken 18 months or more. The heat shield failed because of the trajectory where pressure swings caused cracks in the shield. So they are now going to alter the trajectory where the same pressure swings won't exist. It sounds really risky to me.

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