← Back to context Comment by andrewflnr 5 days ago Yeah, that's what "untested" means in spaceflight. 10 comments andrewflnr Reply JumpCrisscross 5 days ago > that's what "untested" means in spaceflightSort of. At a certain threshold, everything is untested. I’d put this closer to modified than untested—the general config was tested in Artemis I and the specific configuration in a variety of ground tests. wat10000 4 days ago I'd say it's tested. It failed. Then they're flying it anyway. Wonderful stuff. P-Nuts 4 days ago The heat shield on Artemis I didn’t fail in the sense that were there a crew they would have died 1 reply → randomNumber7 4 days ago And the next flight will use a different design. I wonder why? 5 replies →
JumpCrisscross 5 days ago > that's what "untested" means in spaceflightSort of. At a certain threshold, everything is untested. I’d put this closer to modified than untested—the general config was tested in Artemis I and the specific configuration in a variety of ground tests. wat10000 4 days ago I'd say it's tested. It failed. Then they're flying it anyway. Wonderful stuff. P-Nuts 4 days ago The heat shield on Artemis I didn’t fail in the sense that were there a crew they would have died 1 reply → randomNumber7 4 days ago And the next flight will use a different design. I wonder why? 5 replies →
wat10000 4 days ago I'd say it's tested. It failed. Then they're flying it anyway. Wonderful stuff. P-Nuts 4 days ago The heat shield on Artemis I didn’t fail in the sense that were there a crew they would have died 1 reply → randomNumber7 4 days ago And the next flight will use a different design. I wonder why? 5 replies →
P-Nuts 4 days ago The heat shield on Artemis I didn’t fail in the sense that were there a crew they would have died 1 reply →
> that's what "untested" means in spaceflight
Sort of. At a certain threshold, everything is untested. I’d put this closer to modified than untested—the general config was tested in Artemis I and the specific configuration in a variety of ground tests.
I'd say it's tested. It failed. Then they're flying it anyway. Wonderful stuff.
The heat shield on Artemis I didn’t fail in the sense that were there a crew they would have died
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And the next flight will use a different design. I wonder why?
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