Kennedy Space Center Faces Capacity Crunch as Moon Mission Cadence Rises
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A NASA inspector general report warns Kennedy Space Center cannot support the elevated cadence of Starship launches needed for Artemis missions, with SpaceX planning up to 44 Starship launches per year and a minimum of 15 Starships to deliver propellant before the Starship HLS can carry astronauts to the Moon; upgrading aging pads and infrastructure at LC-39A and related facilities is essential to avoid bottlenecks and meet the 2028 lunar timeline.
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- NASA’s inspector general warns launch sites nearing capacity SpaceNews
- Report: Kennedy Space Center not ready for era of super heavy rockets Ars Technica
- NASA's aging infrastructure can't handle Artemis launches without $1 billion in upgrades, watchdog warns Yahoo
- NASA OIG Report: NASA’s Launch Infrastructure NASA Watch
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