The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was damaged by Hurricane Nicole recently. NASA announced that they had to leave the SLS rocket on the Florida launch pad due to the hurricane after completing the flight preparations.
NASA SLS rocket scheduled to launch next week damaged
NASA has been working on the SLS rocket for about 17 years. The project, for which a total of 50 billion dollars was spent, was damaged due to the natural disaster experienced in the past days.
The new launch schedule, which was expected to be held between November 14 and November 16, was postponed again due to the incident. Stating that there was a problem in one of the rain covers of the engine, the authorities announced that they started to work on the repair.
The fasteners between the Orion spacecraft and the SLS rocket were afflicted by the severe hurricane. “This whole situation raises serious questions about NASA’s weather risk mitigation and preparedness procedures based on current forecasts,” Jonathan Porter, senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, said in a statement. Said.
It is considered unusual for NASA to leave such a valuable rocket on the launch pad in the middle of a hurricane. It was predicted that disasters such as wind and flood would damage the rocket’s design.
It is not yet known when the repair process of the Orion spacecraft will end. It is estimated that NASA will launch with the SLS rocket in 2022.
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