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Old September 3rd, 2022 #8
Nikola Bijeliti
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The launch was scrubbed again, for the same reason as before. They may not launch until October or later.

All these problems are probably due to the diverse workforce that NASA is forced to use. If these problems keep up, SpaceX could send the Lunar Starship to the moon by itself, with a crew, without any participation from NASA, and Elon Musk could pick his own crew. The Artemis spacecraft itself is actually superfluous. NASA needs SpaceX to land a crew on the moon, but SpaceX doesn't need NASA. The only limitation is that the Lunar Starship lacks a heat shield, so the crew would have to transfer to a Crew Dragon to return to earth.
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