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LudwigPastorius

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2. There are serious problems with the heat shield on the Orion crew module they are using.

Reply to Eko (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:11 AM

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Serious, as in large chunks come off of it randomly during reentry.

Instead of reengineering that part of the spacecraft, Trump's business-buddy NASA administrator decided to go ahead with the launch using a plan for a shallower reentry, in the hopes that the shield won't be AS affected.

I've got a bad feeling about this mission.

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Good good good...SOMEBODY over there remembers what it is to kill an astronaut crew in a screw-up. Volaris Wednesday #1

There are serious problems with the heat shield on the Orion crew module they are using. LudwigPastorius Wednesday #2

Same issue as the shuttle? fujiyamasan Wednesday #3

That's not what happened to Columbia VMA131Marine Wednesday #5

NASA is using a material that was created for the Apollo missions, Avcoat. LudwigPastorius Wednesday #6

I confess I have a really bad feeling about this. Coventina Wednesday #4

Problems long before Rump RoseTrellis Wednesday #7

NASA has had issues since bean counters took over from scientists. haele Wednesday #9

I don't understand why we're spending the $ to do this. We've already been to the moon. This seems like a huge beaglelover Wednesday #8