The launch of the Artemis 1 mission is blocked: too much haste …
Tens of thousands of people flocked to Cape Canaveral, Florida, before the sun rose Monday to witness the historic launch of the Artemis I, are returning home disappointed after the mission was halted due to an engine leak. No launch due to a fairly predictable technical problem, given the approximation with which the last stages of assembly and testing took place.
Thousands of people have been spotted along the beaches, on bridges and outside the Kennedy Space Center, and some waited for hours before NASA announced the mission abort at 8:35 am.
Also in the crowd was Vice President Kamal Harris, who addressed words of support to those disappointed with the cancellation, noting that this provides NASA with more data to ensure the Space Launch System can take off during the second attempt on Friday. 2 September. "I am very proud of what is happening with our space program and of the leadership that United Space is providing to the world ," said Harris shortly after Artemis I was blocked. She practically said she was proud of a flop …
The disappointment on Monday was due to a leak in engine 3 that was not detected in the last dress rehearsal due to the interruption of testing for a hydrogen leak.
The problem was identified around 7:30 am ET, and the launch was officially halted at 8:35 am ET. Now the hundreds of thousands of people who attended the event are returning home without having seen the first phase of the epic lunar mission start.
Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said if NASA had conducted the "bleeding" process of the engines in the last wet test, the world could have seen the Space Launch System (SLS) take off. But, obviously, there was too much haste.
It's one of the many engine-related things that happen during the countdown, ”McDowell said. "I am skeptical that they will try again on Friday, I think the delay will probably be longer".
So the launch did not take place because it was organized too quickly. Who knows if there was no political motivation behind this approximation, namely Biden's need to at least make a good impression before the primary.
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