Transcript 0:00 · >> HAS 30 DAYS TO APPEAL THE 0:01 · SENTENCING. THERE IS NEW 0:05 · FALLOUT ON THE SPACE COAST. A 0:06 · JUST RELEASED REPORT IS 0:08 · RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE 0:09 · SPACECRAFT THAT NASA WANTS TO 0:11 · USE TO SEND ASTRONAUTS BACK TO 0:13 · THE MOON COMES AS WE AWAIT 0:14 · ANOTHER CRITICAL TEST FLIGHT 0:16 · FOR DIFFERENT SPACE VEHICLE. 0:18 · THIS TIME BOEING'S STARLINER 0:19 · JAMES SPARVERO GETTING US 0:20 · CAUGHT UP ON ALL THE LATEST. 0:23 · >>O WE'RE A WEEK AWAY NOW 0:24 · FROM THE NEXT LAUNCH ATTEMPT 0:25 · OF BOEING STARLINER LEADING UP 0:28 · TO THE CREW FLIGHT TEST. WE'VE 0:29 · TALKED A LOT HERE AT KENNEDY 0:30 · SPACE CENTER ABOUT HOW THE 0:32 · SPACECRAFT WOULD BECOME JUST 0:33 · THE 6TH IN NASA'S HISTORY TO 0:35 · FLY. ASTRONAUTS. AND IN JUST 0:38 · ANOTHER YEAR, THE ORION 0:39 · SPACECRAFT WOULD BECOME THE 0:40 · 7TH DURING THE ARTEMIS 2 0:42 · MISSION WHEN THESE ASTRONAUTS 0:45 · CIRCLE THE LIKE STARLINER 0:46 · ARTEMIS HAS BEEN VERY DELAY, 0:48 · TOO. AND NOW IN A NEW 0:49 · INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT, 0:51 · THERE'S MORE CONCERNS ABOUT 0:53 · THE SCHEDULE YOU MAY REMEMBER 0:56 · WHEN THE UNCREWED ORION 0:56 · CAPSULE CAME HOMDURING 0:59 · ARTEMIS ONE AND THE SPACE 1:00 · SHIP'S HEAT SHIELD WAS DAMAGE 1:02 · DIVOTS PICTURED IN THAT 1:03 · REPORT. LOOK LIKE POTHOLES. 1:05 · >> BECAUSE VARIOUS HARDWARE 1:08 · ISSUES, THE ARTEMIS 2 MISSION 1:08 · IS NOW DELAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1:09 · OF 2025. LAST WEEK, BILL 1:14 · NELSON ADDRESS THE HEAT SHIELD 1:15 · WHEN ANSWERING CONGRESS'S 1:16 · QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOON 1:18 · PROGRAM. 1:18 · >> WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE 1:20 · THAT THAT HEAT SHIELD IS 1:22 · FUNCTIONING AS IT SHOULD BE 1:23 · BECAUSE THEY ARE COMING IN HOT 1:27 · AND FAST. THEY'RE COMING IN 1:29 · MONTH. 32 AND ITS 5,000 1:34 · >> AND JUST A YEAR OUT FROM A 1:36 · RE-ENTRY WITH THE NASA SAYS IT 1:38 · STILL HASN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT 1:39 · CAUSED PARTS OF ORION'S 1:41 · CHARRED. HE CHILL TO CRACK AND 1:43 · CHIP ON THE OTHER HAND FOR 1:45 · STARLINER'S MISSION, UNITED 1:47 · LAUNCH ALLIANCE IS REPLACING 1:48 · THAT VALVE WHEN FOR CALLING 1:48 · OFF MONDAY'S COUNTDOWN. 2 1:51 · WEEKS AGO WHEN REPORTERS, 1:52 · INCLUDING ME GOT TO SPEAK TO 1:55 · ASTRONAUTS, BUTCH WILMORE AND 1:56 · SUNI WILLIAMS. BUSH TALKED 1:57 · ABOUT HIS CONFIDENCE IN THE 1:59 · ATLAS 5 THAT'S WHERE THE BAD 2:02 · BOUT WAS DISCOVERED. THERE'S 2:03 · NOT ANOTHER ROCKET THAT I WANT 2:03 · TO FLY ON. 2:06 · >> THAT YOU WILL. A TEAM HAS 2:07 · DONE AMAZING MIRACULOUS THINGS 2:08 · WITH THEIR ROCKET TO MAKE IT 2:09 · HUMAN RATED. 2:13 · >> STARLINER'S NEXT LAUNCH 2:14 · ATTEMPT CONTINUES TO BE ON 2:14 · SCHEDULE FOR 6.60, NEXT FRIDAY 2:17 · NIGHT. COURSE, IF ANYTHING 2:19 · CHANGES, WE'LL UPDATE YOU 2:20 · RIGHT HERE ON NEWS. 6 AND 2:21 · CLICKORLANDO DOT COM AT NASA'S 2:23 · KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. I'M 2:24 · JAMES SPARVERO GETTING 2:25 · RESULTS. NEWS 6. 2:28 · >> JAMES, THANK YOU...
I’m wondering if the heat shields now contain some kind of “environmentally friendly” substance that isn’t as durable under extreme conditions like the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo heat shields were. It’s happened before, with the Shuttle. Foam insulation on the Shuttle’s external fuel tank came loose on launch and impacted the leading edge of Columbia’s wing. We know what happened there…
That is what the pictures showed