Fuel leaks force NASA to scrub launch of new moon rocket

The 322-foot Space Launch System rocket was set to lift off Monday morning with three test dummies aboard on its first flight, a mission to propel a capsule into orbit around the moon.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Fuel leaks during final liftoff preparations threatened to postpone the launch of NASA’s mighty new moon rocket Monday morning on its shakedown flight with three test dummies aboard. Then a second apparent hydrogen leak turned up in a valve that had caused trouble in June but that NASA thought it had fixed, officials said.

NASA’s assistant launch director, Jeremy Graeber, said after the repeated struggles with the first leak that the space agency would have to decide whether to go forward with the Monday morning launch.If NASA scrubbed Monday’s launch, the next attempt wouldn’t be until Friday at the earliest. Even though no one was on board, thousands of people jammed the coast to see the rocket soar. Vice President Kamala Harris was expected among the VIPs.

There are so many parts/complications in this mission that for it to go without any problems are many times fewer that winning the hardest winnable lotteries on planet. Why do they do it,. Because...

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