at the top of the rocket, and take it orbiting around the moon before it returned to earth. the whole thing was going to take five or six weeks. it was a test flight so no people were set to be on board but for the next mission astronauts were going to join the ride and they would go in orbit around the moon but the ultimate aim was to land astronauts on the moon, and nasa wanted the first woman and the first person of colour walking on the lunar surface. this will take a bit longer now because now the first step to all this getting this test flight, getting this rocket off the ground. it is important to remember, though, that this is a new rocket. rockets are incredibly complex machines and this is the one is the most powerful that nasa has ever built so they are learning about it, they are learning about it with every attempt to get this thing to lift up off the ground, so setbacks and delays aren t uncommon. but it does appear that nasa s ambitions to get back to the moon are going
and delays aren t uncommon. but it does appear that nasa s ambitions to get back to the moon are going to be delayed by a little while. here s the artemis mission manager describing the options for repairing the rocket. the first option was to simply remake the umbilical pad, hoping that the soft goods would seal the leak up but our confidence level, given the size of the leak that we saw today, was fairly low that that would solve the problem. the team lead towards a removal and replacement of the soft goods in the quick disconnect, and the options were basically do it at the pad or do it back in the vehicle assembly building. either of those options do not preserve our ability to fly before the end of this launch period which expires on the sixth.
was that the rocket was going to launch a small spacecraft called orion, it is perched at the top of the rocket, and take it orbiting around the moon before it returned to earth. the whole thing was going to take five or six weeks. it was a test flight so no people were set to be on board but for the next mission, astronauts were going to join the ride and they would go in orbit around the moon but the ultimate aim was to land astronauts on the moon, and nasa wanted the first woman and the first person of colour walking on the lunar surface. this will take a bit longer now because now the first step to all this getting this test flight, getting this rocket off the ground. it is important to remember, though, that this is a new rocket. rockets are incredibly complex machines and this is the one is the most powerful that nasa has ever built so they are learning about it, they are learning about it with every attempt to get this thing to lift up off the ground, so setbacks and delays aren
it is important to remember, though, that this is a new rocket. rockets are incredibly complex machines and this is the one is the most powerful that nasa has ever built so they are learning about it, they are learning about it with every attempt to get this thing to lift up off the ground, so setbacks and delays aren t uncommon. but it does appear that nasa s ambitions to get back to the moon are going to be delayed by a little while. earlier i spoke to tariq malik, the editor in chief of space.com i asked him if he was disappointed with the failed launch. you know, it is disappointing. as you mention, ten years of developing this rocket, billions over budget. this was supposed to fly about five years ago in 2017. so it s years late as well. nasa has been touting this mission as their vanguard, their test flight to return astronauts to the moon in a few years.
it is important to remember, though, that this is a new rocket. rockets are incredibly complex machines and this is the one is the most powerful that nasa has ever built so they are learning about it, they are learning about it with every attempt to get this thing to lift up off the ground, so setbacks and delays aren t uncommon. but it does appear that nasa s ambitions to get back to the moon are going to be delayed by a little while. here s the artemis mission manager describing the options for repairing the rocket. the first option was to simply remake the umbilical pad, hoping that the soft goods would seal the leak up but our confidence level, given the size of the leak that we saw today, was fairly low that that would solve the problem. the team lead towards a removal and replacement of the soft goods in the quick disconnect,