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One giant step BACKWARDS: NASA delays its eagerly anticipated return to the moon due to 'safety concerns' - with the crew now not landing on the lunar surface until 2026
2024-01-11
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] "Cause DEI takes time"
  • NASA says Artemis II is delayed to 2025 and Artemis III won't happen until 2026

  • Artemis II will send astronauts around the moon while Artemis III will land on it
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Posted by:Skidmark

#13  Waiting for the congressional UFO report before they uparmor.
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-01-11 21:43  

#12  If it’s a fall protection issue, I would think dental floss would suffice.
Posted by: Super Hose   2024-01-11 18:01  

#11  #4 "Where were the Navajo protests in 1969?"

We had much better sense in the late 1960s. Words that I never thought I would write.
Posted by: Tom   2024-01-11 16:44  

#10  NASA only goes to the bank these days.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2024-01-11 08:25  

#9  "Mind that exit row door"

Elon Musk dings Boeing after Alaska Airlines scare: 'Prioritized DEI hiring'
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-01-11 07:51  

#8  Unfortunately, we are in "You got your peanut butter in his chocolate" territory today.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-01-11 07:42  

#7  /\ That's what led to the global Y2K disaster Merc.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-01-11 07:37  

#6  And you thought the crashes due to mixing english and metric units in the software were bad...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-01-11 07:32  

#5  "We need to accommodate the paraplegic's wheelchair for the moonwalk moonroll"
Posted by: Frank G   2024-01-11 07:30  

#4  
NASA needs more time to train Male and Female Navajo Native America Astronauts, due to the Navajo religious issues and the moon. Plus time to be PC and hire and train a Transgender, a Gay, a undocumented Hispanic, and a African-American Astronaut 1st?


BTW: Where were the Navajo religious protests back in 1969?
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-01-11 07:16  

#3  /\ Exactly !
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-01-11 07:08  

#2  ...And by 2026 they mean "until we can slow down SpaceX enough to get past them."

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2024-01-11 07:06  

#1  Safety concerns indeed. Until the Orion heat shield issues are sorted, I wouldn't fly on it.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-01-11 06:54  

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