10 November 2022
Matthew Ward Agius
Matthew Agius is a science writer for Cosmos Magazine.
Sophie Calabretto
Dr Sophie Calabretto is a mathematician specialising in fluid mechanics. She is Honorary Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University and Honorary Associate Professor, at the ACE Research Group, University of Leicester.
NASA is heading back to the moon in the hopes of setting up a colony there.
But this endeavour – called Artemis – has been beset by delays and the spacecraft remains firmly on the ground.
A launch window will be available on 14 November, and NASA says it’s ready to launch.
But there’s also a potential hurricane developing off the Florida coast.
So, what’s going on? Why hasn’t it launched yet, and is NASA really ready to go back to the Moon?
UPDATE: Since this episode was recorded, NASA has pushed the Artemis launch back by two days due to a tropical storm off the Florida coast.
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