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Thursday, March 18, 2021
THE HAPPENING WORLD: NASA to Try Space Launch System “Green Run” Again
Test technicians and engineers in the @NASAStennis test control centers have given a “go” for today’s Green Run hot fire test of the #Artemis I core stage.
— NASA_SLS (@NASA_SLS) March 18, 2021
For the latest @NASA Green Run updates, visit the @NASAArtemis blog HERE >> https://t.co/A5x2ZgGROd pic.twitter.com/VkDRyq3IYl
The first attempt, on 2021-01-16, shut down prematurely due to an engine parameter exceeding a limit. The Space Launch System, NASA's giant “rocket to nowhere”, will, if it ever flies, discard four RS-25 Space Shuttle Main Engines and two solid rocket boosters, all of which were routinely reused during the Space Shuttle program, in the Atlantic Ocean. This disposable insanity has cost U.S. taxpayers around twenty billion dollars so far, and the Office of Management and Budget estimated in 2019 that after all development costs were sunk, each launch would cost around US$ 2 billion.
Posted at March 18, 2021 13:01