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NASA delays Artemis II and III missions(www.theregister.com)

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not unexpected, but a bummer

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That’s just a difference in testing methods. Testing to failure figuring out what went wrong and fixing it is a valid method. If you look at ULA’s timeline, their testing and design for Vulcan was done not during flights, but it cost them falling behind in launch orders.

Besides, the lander wasn’t going to be used until Artemis III. Whatever delays II isn’t caused by SpaceX.

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Vulcan was delayed because of BE-4 readiness, not because of anything ULA itself was doing

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Still doesn’t invalidate what I said. If their testing was done during flights it could have made it to space sooner.

The BE-4 did look really good though.

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