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Originally Posted by Constant
It’s of grave concern that these four souls are travelling in what’s essentially an unproven craft. Apollo 13 delivered as a consequence of the succession of unmanned and manned missions.
The idea of sending these brave people around the moon, in a crafted that’s only flown once before is madness. Yes, I known the arguments, components of the craft have flown many times before and are proven tech. What’s not proven is the ship itself, the craft, it represents more than the sum of parts, it must be a complete and proven system, for one I’m not confident it’s a proven system. Be it a plane or a space craft, only flights & hours make a proven ship.
Let’s pray for their safe return, God speed.
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Things do seem to be going rather fast. They have only had one successful unmanned mission and they are straight into a manned mission. Maybe data from the unmanned flight instilled enough confidence for the powers to be to go down this route. I too hope it is a safe successful mission.