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NASA will miss its deadline for the first flight of the Orion capsule and the Space Launch System, with the launch moved from 2018 to 2019. The agency's Bill Gerstenmaier also told media in a briefing last Friday that as well as delaying the first flight (designated Exploration Mission One, EM-1), the EM-2 mission that will …

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      1. Stevie
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        Re: "in some Peter Sellars-esque dream universe the Norks) sent a team around the Moon"

        Well, given the reported fact that he never needs to go to the toilet, FBK (Space Kiddet ) would solve one massive problem with space flight as practiced today.

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  2. Carpet Deal 'em
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    Let's thhink of the second mission

    He should really be forward thinking and harassing them about getting that second mission moved up to, say, mid 2020. Then it'd clearly be celebrating the 52nd anniversary of Apollo 7 a few months early, not a political stunt or anything.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    Well Played NASA

    Given the odds of Trump being impeached have just been slashed again I'd like to hope this is a holding ploy to make sure it's not Trump's achievement.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Well Played NASA

      How do you figure the odds have been slashed? The odds went way up the past week, entirely due to his own actions and statements!

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      1. Anonymous Coward
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        Re: Well Played NASA

        I'm guessing you've either never understood the way bookmakers talk or you're a diehard Trumptard?

        https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/252963/what-does-slash-the-odds-of-something-mean

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        1. IT Poser
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          Re: Well Played NASA

          The odds of the current president being impeached have changed because more people are betting that he will. Bookies don't really care who wins or loses as long as people are betting both sides in equal amounts.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    YES YES YES AMERICA YES HES

    TRUMP will get America back on THE MOON. HE will make THE MOON the 53RD STATE OF AMERICA. He will SPRAY THE SEED of AMERICA into SPACE and SHOOT HIS MIGHTY LOAD OVER the backs of his OPPONENTS. Once Moore NASA stands for NOW AMERICAN SPACE ALWAYS!!!

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    1. Mark 85
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      Re: YES YES YES AMERICA YES HES

      WTF? I hope that's satire.

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      1. John Smith 19 Gold badge
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        "WTF? I hope that's satire."

        Couldn't be anything else.

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        1. DocJames
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          Re: "WTF? I hope that's satire."

          Sadly I beg to differ, having occasionally ventured into the badlands of the internet.

          In this case I think it's satire.

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  5. duhmb

    Why do we even care about NASA and the SLS

    Elon, hallowed be his name, grew weary of USA and NASA's continual do nothing a while ago. Once he gets his dragon operating "anyone" will be able to go to the Moon, and hopefully Mars. It'll simply be a matter of stumping up the cash (and I hear he's already selling tickets to the Moon).

    Upvote for Werner Von Braun's build em in space, its the way, however that would take Elon & Jeff co-operating and I cant see it happening.

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  6. Phukov Andigh Bronze badge

    just gotta wait

    till some stoned British tech whiz's develop wormhole gates and are sitting there laughing when the first mars landing occurs.

    Apologies to Peter F Hamilton :)

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    1. duhmb
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      Re: just gotta wait

      Snicker... Yup, that's about where British science will be post brexit... Weren't they In a basement from memory?

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