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hgoeltoday at 3:34 AM1 replyview on HN

I was speaking mainly off my reading of the discussions on the internet in recent months, but I'm assuming the impression stems from this OIG report https://oig.nasa.gov/news/artemis-lander-program-faces-sched...

It seems to point to rising costs on SpaceX's end, and in my reading, is very critical of them compared to BO.

>The neat thing about Artemis is it’s pushing so many boundaries that it’s reasonable to debate the actual bottlenecks. I still think launch is it, since even without spacesuits you can do robotic construction

I believe that suits are still important because you can't really do much with a crew there without them. There aren't even new EVA suits available. And, of course politically, it's going to be seen very poorly if they can't do a "One small step for a man..." moment.


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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 3:36 AM

That’s a fair criticism. I’m just never remembering anyone thinking BO was the safer option.

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