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2024-01-11 Science & Technology

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

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#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|| 2024-01-11 06:54|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2024-01-11 07:06|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ Exactly !

Posted by Besoeker 2024-01-11 07:08|| 2024-01-11 07:08|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2024-01-11 07:16|| Front Page Top

#5 "We need to accommodate the paraplegic's wheelchair for the ~~moonwalk~~ moonroll"

Posted by Frank G 2024-01-11 07:30|| 2024-01-11 07:30|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2024-01-11 07:32|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ That's what led to the global Y2K disaster Merc.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-01-11 07:37|| 2024-01-11 07:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Unfortunately, we are in "You got your peanut butter in his chocolate" territory today.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-01-11 07:42|| 2024-01-11 07:42|| Front Page Top

#9 "Mind that exit row door"

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-11 07:51|| 2024-01-11 07:51|| Front Page Top

#10 NASA only goes to the bank these days.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2024-01-11 08:25|| 2024-01-11 08:25|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2024-01-11 16:44|| Front Page Top

#12 If it’s a fall protection issue, I would think dental floss would suffice.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-01-11 18:01|| 2024-01-11 18:01|| Front Page Top

#13 Waiting for the congressional UFO report before they uparmor.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-11 21:43|| 2024-01-11 21:43|| Front Page Top

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