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NASA delays Artemis moonshot with astronauts due to extreme cold in Florida
- ck2 9mo agoI distinctly remember the horrors of "go at throttle up" was due to extreme cold making the O-Rings fail so I hope they have learned to be paranoid despite Sean Duffy They must have replayed this thousands of times in 1986, etched to many minds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disas...
- floxy 9mo agoToday's story, from NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/01/30/nasa-updates-artemis-ii-wet-dress-rehearsal-launch-opportunities/ https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/01/30/nasa-updates-... General Artemis II blog: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/artemis/ https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/artemis/
- 1970-01-01 9mo ago40 years and two days since Challenger's cold launch. NASA made the right call this time.