--- title: Artemis II Is Not Safe to Fly (Idle Words) | daily.dev description: NASA is preparing to launch Artemis II with four astronauts despite known, unresolved heat shield problems on the Orion capsule. The Artemis I unmanned test... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/artemis-ii-is-not-safe-to-fly-idle-words--p5ve5o7iu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Artemis II Is Not Safe to Fly (Idle Words) | daily.dev og:description: NASA is preparing to launch Artemis II with four astronauts despite known, unresolved heat shield problems on the Orion capsule. The Artemis I unmanned test... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/artemis-ii-is-not-safe-to-fly-idle-words--p5ve5o7iu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/p5VE5O7IU.png og:image:alt: Artemis II Is Not Safe to Fly (Idle Words) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Artemis II Is Not Safe to Fly (Idle Words) **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary NASA is preparing to launch Artemis II with four astronauts despite known, unresolved heat shield problems on the Orion capsule. The Artemis I unmanned test flight in 2022 revealed deep gouges, spalling, and bolt erosion in the heat shield — three issues the OIG identified as potentially fatal. NASA initially downplayed the damage, and its proposed fix (changing the re-entry trajectory) relies on the same models that failed to predict the original problem. Shuttle astronaut and heat shield expert Charles Camarda has publicly warned that NASA is repeating the motivated reasoning that led to the Challenger and Columbia disasters. Critics argue there is no longer a compelling reason to fly Artemis II with a crew, since a new mission has been added to the manifest that makes this flight redundant as a crewed test. The author argues NASA is prioritizing schedule, budget, and political pressure over crew safety, and warns that if the crew dies, it will be a preventable tragedy with clearly visible warning signs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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