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Wasn't clear if The President is referring to the NASA Orion Space Lunch System? The GAOs latest report suggested it would miss its 2018 first test launch due
by fitzwatermellow 10y ago
Wasn't clear if The President is referring to the NASA Orion Space Lunch System?
The GAOs latest report suggested it would miss its 2018 first test launch due to technical challenges (software-related):
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-620 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-620
- Kliment 10y agoI know it's a typo but I'm amused by NASA considering the difficulties of space lunch.
- ajford 10y agoHey now, have you tried any of that Astronaut Ice Cream? It's horrible! Clearly they need to improve space lunch!
- Kliment 10y agoIn fact, I have, and I quite enjoyed the texture.
- Roboprog 10y agoClearly, more training on the Vomit Comet is needed :-)
- crooked-v 10y agoWell, if you think about it, a lot of man-hours went into putting together the dining facilities on the space shuttles, testing food packets against the G-forces of launch, making sure that no normally harmless bacteria go crazy and decay everything in zero-G, etc.
- Ankaios 10y agoHe's talking about Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP): http://www.nasa.gov/nextstep http://www.nasa.gov/nextstep SLS delenda est.