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There are all these articles explaining to me why fueling up this rocket is so hard and why NASA just can't get it right and we should cut them some slack, but isn't this rocket essentially just a cut and shut space shuttle? Same engines, same boosters (albeit one quarter larger), same fuel and plumbing. Has NASA simply lost the expertise to handle hydrogen fuel?
I want you to build a new boat exclusively out of 40 year old spare parts for a Ford Pinto.
If I did and it was pissing fuel this much I'd be very concerned about the rest of the boat.
Yeah you probably should be it's a real piece of shit boat
Could just be the case they handling cryogenic hydrogen is a colossal pain. It does fun things like diffuse through steel pipes and burn completely clear. Probably why most other launches go with methane now days.
The image on the left is the space shuttle. The right is the SLS leaving the same building. What are you talking about?
It uses the same engines, same fuel and same boosters, albeit they added an extension to the booster. That's what I'm talking about.
I appreciate that it's a different shape, but most of the tech is the same.
So looking at those two images, you seriously don't think that the differently shaped vehicles might have differences that affect all manner of systems?
When it comes to fueling, not really no. This thing is literally just the space shuttle flight hardware rearranged into a stack.
I have a feeling that you know better.
If they did they wouldn't be asking about it, now would they?