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    NASA quietly changed Artemis III timeline to 2028

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    2. FamilyRootsQuest on

      Nothing new here. The timeline has been shifted consistently the last decade. We were supposed to have boots on the Moon again by 2024.

    3. churningaccount on

      I mean, right now the cadence of starship launches is bordering on 6 months. Are we really expecting lunar starship with propellant transfer to be ready before 2030…

    4. Northwindlowlander on

      I like it when an unrealistic timescale slips and is replaced by a no less unrealistic timeline but you’re still supposed to take the new one seriously. And then the endgame when you bring it on “on schedule” because you do it 1 day before Revised Deadline 218

    5. General_Guisan on

      China will have a moon base before the US even get someone back on the moon at all. 

    7. monchota on

      Juat wair for Starship and stop wasting money on this program. We have already lost atleast 40billion with nothing to show for it. While China is building a moon base.

    8. metsfanapk on

      I hope it’s after Trump is long gone. It was already a shame Nixon got to be president during Apollo 11

    9. pullupyopants on

      A typical spaceflight requires crew to start training 2 years before the mission. No A3 crew has been selected yet. Tells you all you need to know.

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      |[BO](/r/Space/comments/1qu8drt/stub/o38w5va “Last usage”)|Blue Origin (*Bezos Rocketry*)|
      |[COPV](/r/Space/comments/1qu8drt/stub/o38rudt “Last usage”)|[Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_overwrapped_pressure_vessel)|
      |CST|(Boeing) Crew Space Transportation capsules|
      | |Central Standard Time (UTC-6)|
      |[GAO](/r/Space/comments/1qu8drt/stub/o38tlc8 “Last usage”)|(US) Government Accountability Office|
      |[HLS](/r/Space/comments/1qu8drt/stub/o390o1t “Last usage”)|[Human Landing System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program#Human_Landing_System) (Artemis)|
      |[LEM](/r/Space/comments/1qu8drt/stub/o38x9dp “Last usage”)|(Apollo) [Lunar Excursion Module](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module) (also Lunar Module)|
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      |[QD](/r/Space/comments/1qu8drt/stub/o38t7wu “Last usage”)|Quick-Disconnect|
      |[SLS](/r/Space/comments/1qu8drt/stub/o394zky “Last usage”)|Space Launch System heavy-lift|
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      |[Starliner](/r/Space/comments/1qu8drt/stub/o3976su “Last usage”)|Boeing commercial crew capsule [CST-100](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CST-100_Starliner)|
      |[apogee](/r/Space/comments/1qu8drt/stub/o390o1t “Last usage”)|Highest point in an elliptical orbit around Earth (when the orbiter is slowest)|
      |[hydrolox](/r/Space/comments/1qu8drt/stub/o391pqs “Last usage”)|Portmanteau: liquid hydrogen fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer|
      |[methalox](/r/Space/comments/1qu8drt/stub/o391pqs “Last usage”)|Portmanteau: methane fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer|

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    15. Dookie120 on

      Tbh I don’t see why they wouldn’t change it. Even that seems optimistic since they don’t have an actual lander available. I assume they’ll need to test it a couple missions as well before it’s crewed right?

    16. Public-Total-250 on

      I doubt Artemis 3 is going to even happen tbh. They are relying on Starship which has only failed so far and a lander that hadn’t even been built and tested ontop of that. 2035 is a more realistic date but even more realistic is the idiot in chief/whoever takes over cancelling it entirely to help save his failing economy 

    17. HousePlus1694 on

      artemis is just another delayed and over expensed government project. i doubt we will ever see an artemis 3