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"Jensen described an iterative process of flight and ground tests. “That will wind up determining how many missions we need,” she said.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson then stepped in. “The question was, how many fuel transfers?”

“I will say it will roughly be ten-ish,” Jensen responded. “It could be lower, depending on how well the first flight tests go, or it could be a little bit higher.”"

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Artemis 2 is delayed for Orion heat shield reasons, so that alone would prevent Ar-3 from being this spring, according to that one crazy timeline.

Starship HLS is definitely behind schedule, but at least it's fixed price and milestone based.