What Happens Next For Artemis? Can NASA Launch Artemis III Next Year? @scottmanley

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With the Artemis II mission successfully completed NASA has set itself a high bar to prepare Artemis III to fly next year, at least it's a high bar compared to the 3 years between flights 1 and 2. It has to assemble a rocket, decide on the mission and then make sure the other parts of the mission are ready for the flight.

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0:00 Intro
1:07 The Plan For Artemis III
1:49 The Landers Question
3:45 And now....
5:38 But Isn't SLS The Slow Part?
8:00 Changes Needed For Artemis III
9:33 The ICPS question
11:51 Compare to Artemis II Timeline
13:47 Other NASA Missions To The Moon

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