It has been announced that the manned Artemis mission, which was postponed before, has been postponed once again, with a statement made today. head of NASA; implicitly blamed Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin for the delays.
At a press conference yesterday, NASA was told by someone else. Bill Nelson, made some statements about their plans to send astronauts to the lunar surface. According to the statement, the crewed landing on the Moon; from 2024, which was originally planned to take place, Postponed to 2025. The reason for this change is Nelson, the famous billionaire. Jeff Bezosshowed it.
“We lost about seven months on the case, and that rightfully pushed the first human landing to probably no later than 2025.” Nelson’s direct reference to Bezos’ space company Blue OriginEven though he didn’t name , what happened during the Artemis mission after the company filed a lawsuit against NASA from the glitch It’s obvious what he’s talking about. Previously, the NASA chief had targeted Blue Origin several times in connection with the case.
Nelson stated that NASA may be left behind in the international space race due to the glitches experienced.
However, NASA has officially delayed two major launches for the Artemis mission. The first is the uncrewed Artemis I, which is scheduled to orbit the Moon next year and return to Earth; the second, which was originally scheduled to launch in 2023 but was later delayed to May 2024 and entered lunar orbit. with crew The one to be sent was Artemis II.
Nelson also noted that these delays; The United States’ position in the space industry is increasingly to the Chinese space program stating that he could to the international space race he blinked a little.
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Of course, it is also worth mentioning that although this lawsuit between Blue Origin and NASA is one of the biggest reasons for the delays. not the only reason. Factors such as the COVID-19 outbreak, lack of congress funding, and changes within the Orion project also played a significant role in the delays. But overall, this is for Bezos and Blue Origin. extremely humiliating A situation.