{"id":22392,"date":"2021-11-11T22:01:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origin-gets-the-blame-for-pushing-artemis-iii-moon-landing-to-2025-but-its-more-than-just-that\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T22:01:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:01:53","slug":"blue-origin-gets-the-blame-for-pushing-artemis-iii-moon-landing-to-2025-but-its-more-than-just-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origin-gets-the-blame-for-pushing-artemis-iii-moon-landing-to-2025-but-its-more-than-just-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin gets the blame for pushing Artemis III Moon landing to 2025, but it\u2019s more than just that"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"7271\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/12\/01\/spacex-in-texas-starship-sn8-awaits-first-high-altitude-flight-test-this-week-gallery\/spacex-starship-boca-chica-texas-0002\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"5116,3410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"spacex-starship-boca-chica-texas-0002\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday, NASA held a press conference to give an update on the agency\u2019s Artemis program. During the conference, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced delays to the launches of Artemis II and III.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-24302\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This press conference comes shortly after the news that Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin&nbsp;lost its lawsuit against NASA&nbsp;over SpaceX\u2018s selection for the Human Landing System. The agency was quick to blame Blue Origin and its lawsuit when it officially announced that Artemis III, the first crewed landing on the Moon since Apollo 17, is no longer planned for 2024.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We have lost nearly seven months to litigation and that has likely pushed the first landing to 2025.<\/p>\n<p><cite>Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, this deadline was a stretch in the first place. The previous administration announced that it would push for a much sooner landing date in 2024 \u2013 not many people took it seriously. It\u2019s great to see NASA push towards an ambitious timeline, but the 2024 date was more about political achievements than technical readiness.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-blue-origin-s-lawsuit-isn-t-the-only-obstacle-to-blame\">Blue Origin\u2019s lawsuit isn\u2019t the only obstacle to blame<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since NASA\u2019s deep space human missions were unified under the Artemis program, the agency has had a tough time getting the proper funding. Everything NASA does has to be approved by Congress, and everything has a dollar amount next to it. So when NASA doesn\u2019t get the budget it requests, timelines have to shift.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-24302',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" alt=\"Site default logo image\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress has been pretty apprehensive about funding NASA\u2019s commercialization efforts. For example, the Commerical Crew Program was heavily underfunded in favor of the Space Launch System. Recently we\u2019ve seen&nbsp;the same with NASA\u2019s Human Landing System&nbsp;contract. As NASA pushes forward building a commercial market for lunar operations, Congress still wants NASA to own and operate its lander, similar to how Apollo worked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s also not forget about&nbsp;NASA\u2019s xEMU suits&nbsp;for excursions by astronauts on the lunar surface. These were also a thorn in the side of the 2024 landing date as funding was low and progress by NASA was behind. As a result, NASA is once again looking at the commercial sector for options. This search is another attempt to see if the commercial market can help meet the Artemis III launch date.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happens-with-artemis-now\">What happens with Artemis now?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The battle between NASA and Congress for funding is not expected to go away anytime soon. However, Nelson\u2019s experience as a congressman will hopefully make this challenge easier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Artemis I, we are still on track for a launch towards the beginning of next year. Nelson stated in the briefing that teams are making great progress towards SLS\u2019s first launch. We should expect a wet dress rehearsal in January, and possibly a rollout of the rocket to LC-39B by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/unistellar-telescope.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17371\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, NASA held a press conference to give an update on the agency\u2019s Artemis program. During the conference, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced delays to the launches of Artemis II and III. This press conference comes shortly after the news that Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin&nbsp;lost its lawsuit against NASA&nbsp;over SpaceX\u2018s selection for the Human Landing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}