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    Artemis II Space Launch System stacking operations in January 2025 [Credit: NASA EGS]
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    Artemis II Space Launch System stacking operations in January 2025 [Credit: NASA EGS]


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    1. alphagusta on

      All that hardware, people and time spent so far stacking a part of an SRB. The complexity of that building is insane.

      Meanwhile SpaceX just be building the largest boosters on the planet in a metal shed with a crane and a welder apparently.

      Glad to see some progress is being made afterall. It does feel like there’s a push to prove that this rocket does actually exist for its second launch to dampen the effect of the budget nightmare that is an administration change.

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    5. devilsleeping on

      I was in that building when it was first built on the final construction clean-up crews. They wouldn’t let us use the elevators so we had to climb all those damn stairs to the top a few times each day while cleaning the cranes.

    6. Jester471 on

      Nice. I knew core stage was there and vertical. Didn’t know they already started stacking the boosters.

      I think ARTII is pretty well set mission wise. I wonder what the plan is if everything but HLS or EV suits aren’t ready for boots on the moon for ARTIII. Wait, do another mission?

      Starship is launching but the whole 12 launches for refuel then getting everything else it will need. Solar panels, life support, etc. There is a lot more to do before it’s close to ready.