propellant to deal with. nasa has been working with that since the 1960s, since the original moon programme. i m sure they will fix it, it is a question of time, and asjonathan said, it is a big, complicated system, it really is the biggest rocket that nasa or anyone has ever built, so there are a lot of things to get right. but, you know, nasa is probably the organisation to do it, but it will take some time. some people will say, they have had 50 years. it was quite a while since we last went to the moon, we have done this before, why all the publicity and the fanfare and it still not be working properly? well, that is a really good point. first time for a human mission round the moon since 1972. has the technology really advanced since then? fundamentally, no, perhaps except that the capsule is a bit larger and the electronics are modern, but they are still using, for example, incredibly outdated and environmentally unsound rocket boosters, they are still having difficulti
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good evening and welcome to bbc news. in a moment, we ll bejoined by bbc one viewers for a full round up of the day s news with jane hill. but first, more on one of our top stories. and for the second time in a week, nasa has called off its attempt to launch a powerful rocket part of a mission aimed at eventually putting humans back on the moon. the artemis rocket was due to blast off earlier this evening but technical problems forced the team to call for another postponement. earlier, i spoke to adam baker who is a rocket engineer and visiting fellow at cranfield university s astronautics and space engineering course. i asked him how worried nasa will be about the apparent hydrogen leak. if you were riding on a rocket, it would be because for concern, you would absolutely want it fixed before you were willing to take a ride to the moon, but, of course, this is an unmanned rocket. hydrogen leaks, they happen, it is a tricky rocket
good evening and welcome to bbc news. in a moment, we ll bejoined by bbc one viewers for a full round up of the day s news with jane hill. but first, more on one of our top stories. and for the second time in a week, nasa has called off its attempt to launch a powerful rocket part of a mission aimed at eventually putting humans back on the moon. the artemis rocket was due to blast off earlier this evening but technical problems forced the team to call for another postponement. earlier, i spoke to adam baker who is a rocket engineer and visiting fellow at cranfield university s astronautics and space engineering course. i asked him how worried nasa will be about the apparent hydrogen leak. if you were riding on a rocket, it would be because for concern, you would absolutely want it fixed before you were willing to take a ride to the moon, but, of course, this is an unmanned rocket. hydrogen leaks, they happen, it is a tricky rocket