NASA’s space launches for 2025 have not been confirmed. The schedule could be compromised due to technical failures with the Artemis spacecraft and financial problems.
The launch of Artemis II is expected for September of next year. However, it is too early to mark the date on the calendar due to NASA’s complications with these ships. The same is true for the launch date of Artemis III, scheduled for September 2026 and which would mark the first moon landing of a woman.
The problems with the ships have forced the space agency to study new materials and designs for the safety of the crew. On the other hand, there have been problems with the infrastructure on the ground for the launches. These technical problems are compounded by excessive costs, particularly for the SLS rocket, in the hands of Boeing, whose development is estimated at $17 billion. It must be added that each launch costs on average $4.1 billion.
The financial setbacks extend to the ML2 mobile launch towers, required for the SLS Block 1B rocket for Artemis IV. In this particular case, NASA made a payment of $383 million to the company Bechtel to build ML-2, with delivery scheduled for March 2023. The costs reach $2.7 billion, with the delivery date postponed to 2027.
These setbacks put NASA’s launch schedule at risk and predict a delay compared to the advances of China or any other country that reaches the financial lead, managing to put its ships into orbit before the United States.
M.Pino
With information from Xataca.com and other international media
(Reference image source: NASA in Unsplash)
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