Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
NASA was once the organization that led the United States to win the space race. But in recent years, NASA has become a place where billions of dollars are spent on outdated rockets, and billions more are given to companies that fail to deliver on their promises.
Now NASA is planning to launch their worst rocket with astronauts onboard, and there is already a serious problem before the mission even begins. In this video, we’re going to look at why this launch is likely to face major issues and how NASA ended up in this situation. Before we get deeper, make sure to subscribe to the channel for more updates.
If an organization receives billions of dollars every year no matter what it delivers, there is no financial pressure to be efficient or fast. NASA receives roughly 25 billion dollars per year from the US government. That budget does not depend on launch success, cost control, or meeting deadlines. Because of this structure, large programs can run for more than a decade, miss schedules repeatedly, and still continue without risk of cancellation. The Space Launch System, or SLS, is a clear example of this.
NASA is now preparing for the Artemis 2 mission, which is planned to be the first crewed flight of the SLS rocket. The current target is early February 2026. The mission plan is simple. Four astronauts will launch from Kennedy Space Center, travel around the Moon on a free-return trajectory, and come back to Earth after about ten days. There will be no landing. There will be no long stay in lunar orbit. It is mainly a repeat of the Artemis 1 mission, but with astronauts onboard.
NASA was once the organization that led the United States to win the space race. But in recent years, NASA has become a place where billions of dollars are spent on outdated rockets, and billions more are given to companies that fail to deliver on their promises.
Now NASA is planning to launch their worst rocket with astronauts onboard, and there is already a serious problem before the mission even begins. In this video, we’re going to look at why this launch is likely to face major issues and how NASA ended up in this situation. Before we get deeper, make sure to subscribe to the channel for more updates.
If an organization receives billions of dollars every year no matter what it delivers, there is no financial pressure to be efficient or fast. NASA receives roughly 25 billion dollars per year from the US government. That budget does not depend on launch success, cost control, or meeting deadlines. Because of this structure, large programs can run for more than a decade, miss schedules repeatedly, and still continue without risk of cancellation. The Space Launch System, or SLS, is a clear example of this.
NASA is now preparing for the Artemis 2 mission, which is planned to be the first crewed flight of the SLS rocket. The current target is early February 2026. The mission plan is simple. Four astronauts will launch from Kennedy Space Center, travel around the Moon on a free-return trajectory, and come back to Earth after about ten days. There will be no landing. There will be no long stay in lunar orbit. It is mainly a repeat of the Artemis 1 mission, but with astronauts onboard.
