NASA chief reviews Orion heat shield, expresses ‘full confidence’ in it for Artemis II
"That level of openness and transparency is exactly what should be expected of NASA."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/nasa-chief-reviews-orion-heat-shield-expresses-full-confidence-in-it-for-artemis-ii/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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@arstechnica I still think they should put a boiler plate on a commercail rocket as a cheap confidence test.
Falcon Heavy could send just the capsule on a simulated test and Vulcan Heavy can as well and even have Centaur V do final course corrections for reentry so it's exactly like a lunar mission.
@arstechnica "openness and transparency" are not good traits in a heat shield. #justsaying
