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Congress warned that NASA’s current plan for Artemis “cannot work” - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
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In recent months, it has begun dawning on US lawmakers that, absent significant intervention, China will land humans on the Moon before the United States can return there with the Artemis Program.

So far, legislators have yet to take meaningful action on this—a $10 billion infusion into NASA’s budget this summer essentially provided zero funding for efforts needed to land humans on the Moon this decade. But now a subcommittee of the House Committee on Space, Science, and Technology has begun reviewing the space agency’s policy, expressing concerns about Chinese competition in civil spaceflight.

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[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah, so they are refuelling Zvezda and Tiangong, but it doesn't count. I acknowledge that they aren't transferring cryo fuels. I just said they're regularly transferring prop.

Zvezda can orbit raise, btw.

https://www.russianspaceweb.com/iss_sm.html

two orbit-correction engines, KD, designated S5.79 with a thrust of 300 kilograms each and 32 small thrusters, DMT, designated 11D428A-10 and 11D428-14. They were developed at NIIMash and had a thrust of 12.5 kilograms each and designed to control the course, yaw and bank

Refuelling Tiangong's xenon hall effect thrusters probably doesn't count, so I guess I'll ignore it.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I acknowledge that they aren’t transferring cryo fuels.

alright.

it's gonna be a neat trick to watch two spacecraft line up and xfer lox or liquid methane. one part of me wonders if they'll try to erect a sunshade or limit it to night portions of the orbit because trying to figure out the big problem - pumping cryogenic liquids in that env is hard enough without gigantic temp swings on the exteriors and tubes/piping....

I do not think it'll work the first time lol