SpaceX's Lunar Starship and NASA's updated Artemis program timeline | News Blurb
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- 2021 was a huge year for NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
In this rundown video, we’ll discuss some of the timeline changes to Artemis, the selection of SpaceX’s Starship for NASA’s Human Landing System, as well as what the status is for the first crewed flights beyond low Earth orbit in the 20st century.
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00:00 Introduction
02:13 Human Landing System program
03:34 Blue Origin HLS protests
05:30 NASA updates Artemis program timeline
08:20 Artemis 3 with Lunar Starship
09:16 Starship Super Heavy overview
10:27 Lunar Starship refueling profile
12:26 Lunar Gateway progress
13:41 Robotic precursor missions and outro
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FOOTNOTES
1. SpaceX gets HLS contract | www.nasa.gov/press-release/as...
2. Costs of rejected bids | www.geekwire.com/2021/gao-den...
3. Federal Claims court decision | spacenews.com/federal-court-r...
4. NASA statement on court ruling | www.nasa.gov/press-release/na...
5. Future HLS contracts | www.nasa.gov/press-release/na...
6. NASA Artemis update | www.nasa.gov/press-release/na...
7. Number of required tanker Starships | elonmusk/status/1...
8. Starship in-space cryogenic transfer | www.nasa.gov/sites/default/fi...
9. Lunar Gateway costs | www.nasa.gov/press-release/na...
10. First CLPS missions | www.nasa.gov/press-release/na... - Věda a technologie
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This deserves so much more views!
Really glad I found your channel. Such high quality videos!
Thanks!
I get why they did (budget.), but i still heavily dislike the choice.
GRANTED corruption in Boeing / Other Contractors is another issue that made their decision if i remember correctly, as well as being a frequent talking point (potentially overpricing + not meeting all requirements etc) (Although SpaceX / Elon's Empire are not free of this, and will gradually descend to the same level i'd figure !)
But i view Artemis / SLS etc to be based off of using relatively proven / developed technology concepts (Apollo, Space Shuttle, ISS, and Current Satellite Technologies) being used to revisit Apollo era missions with modern technology, develop more permanent infrastructure, THEN move on to developing next generation stuff such as ISRU, Fuel Transfer / Depots, Large Bases etc
I think going off of a design that requires:
- Numerous launches with different varieties of unbuilt vehicles, those docking in LEO using (i'd assume would be) a novel + unproven docking method, transferring cryogenic propellants + storing them in LEO, just to FUEL THE DAMN THING
- Docking Lunar Starship with the Gateway (Although if done with existing tech this may be not that novel, short of maybe maneuverability of the behemoth)
-Modification of a LEO Cargo Vehicle to act as a Lunar Lander (I think a decent analogy is using a Semi-Truck to act as an ATV, can be done but not very sensical)
- Usage of a Vehicle with a Very Tall Ladder, or even ELEVATOR (National Team was criticized for their smaller ladder IIRC) (ie what happens if it breaks down, or if an astronaut breaks an ankle/leg etc)
Also the environmental impact of the Boca Chica facility + their challenges to the Federal Government (Getting a permit for a Falcon 9 launch pad, building an industrial hub + Larger-that-N1-Rocket-Explosion-Rocket + Bomb Range of Sorts, FAA Challenges, Road Closures, COVID / Labor Violations) are unacceptable, not awardable.
Furthermore their further expansion involves a captive power plant, natural gas pipeline + processing (IIRC, don't 100% quote me on it), among other things. All of this adds to the carbon footprint of it all. Also fugitive methane emissions add another concerning variable. Also any test involves a large amount of noise; as of now that mainly is just decimating local bird populations, the marine noise from an offshore launch of a full stack is unpredictable, but probably would be devastating as well. I am no expert, but i feel the other options would have less of an impact than all of this. The Potential Explosion of a Fully Fueled Stack (Which is especially concerning given the amount of launches; that is a lot of rolls of the dice) should be akin to a Tactical Nuclear Warhead as well (Granted numbers, as well as when it happens (mid fueling vs T+x etc) all vary this, but it would be devastating nonetheless) .
To Conclude, i think it is a high risk strategy, that also disregards SpaceX's recent controversial/illegal + harmful activities in Boca Chica, but i do recognize that they were forced to do so, both due to Trump Administration Deadlines, and (sadly typical) underfunding.
To kind of provide context, i am NOT an expert in Aerospace Engineering, or Environmental Science, or Law etc, so i am NOT an Authority on this, just a concerned citizen / nerd i guess so there is that.
Bit of a mess / wordwall, hope that came across right + made sense oof
Eric that definitely makes sense and is exactly why the other participants protested. It looks like their evaluation wasn’t just on the lander module, because if it was then why did they pick the option that wasn’t purpose built as a lander?
@@Braindead154 at this point I honestly think it was just budget and deadlines.
Although “The Pressure Fed Astronaut” covered it a bit and one of the entries was over/under mass or something odd so i guess they got DQ-ed? All in all it’s a shitshow
@@ericlotze7724 Yup, and SpaceX was the only participant who was able to hide the costs associated with a Lander in the massive system required to support it.
Good video. Keep it up. Im looking forward to your next one.
Agree!
Why did NASA go for new human crew capsule with Boeing and spaced when it had already Orion by Lockheed. Could you say your thoughts. If the carrier rocket for Orion has to be wider then the scale down version of Orion to fit into Atlas would have been enough……
Great question! I think the main reason NASA opted to continue developing Orion, while simultaneously helping to develop Starliner and Dragon, was that they serve different missions. Orion is designed specifically for deep space exploration while Starliner and Dragon are designed only for low Earth orbit. Could NASA have designed a scaled-down Orion for low Earth orbit? Yes. I even think there were talks for that in the early days before Commercial Crew. But had they gone that route, we wouldn't have two privately-owned human-rated spacecraft (with a third on the horizon with Dream Chaser).
I’m predicting a 2027 landing with Artemis V
I think the lunar starship system will be changed after Artemis III to integrate crew transport in LEO by Dragon and Dreamchaser spacecraft, having LS take the crew from LEO to surface and back, it’s much more cost efficient to take 18 instead of 2
I imagine LETS will choose Dynetic’s ALPACA fully reusable smaller lander to take 3 crew down to a Dynetics Artemis base camp for 2 month stays on the surface
Hopefully bigger modules similar to LOP-G complementing HALO on Gateway will allow 6 month duration instead of 1
And finally Orion will be launched on commercial COLS block 1 and 1B launch vehicles - Falcon/Vulcan derived Superheavy lifters
And SLS will reduce its costs by half by transitioning to the much more powerful and worthwhile block 2 variant and introducing RS25 recovery
2025 is a Green... Good Luck with the Welcoming Aliens in the Moon
We'll be lucky if "Artemis I" happens in 2022.