7 NASA: No root cause for why chunks blow off Artemis ablative head shield during reentry 1st stage. "Independent committee" to be appointed to assign blame. Moon reentry 40% faster than LEO. (arstechnica.com) posted 185 days ago by MOCKxTHExCROSS 185 days ago by MOCKxTHExCROSS +9 / -2 NASA confirms “independent review” of Orion heat shield issue "There's no guarantee that changing the trajectory is the answer," says the Artemis II pilot. 10 comments share 10 comments share save hide report block hide replies
It's supposed to burn up. It's not supposed to break into chunks as soon as it hits the outer atmosphere.
The old way was "too expensive" and "labor intensive". How much $ and labor have they wasted so far with this new approach?
It makes a lot more sense that we never went to the moon, and none of the old tech actually worked.