NASA’s Orion Space Capsule Is Flaming Garbage

Casey Handmer · 31 Oct 2025

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A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.

Their wordsI am far from certain that NASA can regain anything like the vigor necessary to respond decisively to the Chinese threat, but I am determined that the free people of Earth not live under a Red Moon

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A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.

Their wordsI am far from certain that NASA can regain anything like the vigor necessary to respond decisively to the Chinese threat, but I am determined that the free people of Earth not live under a Red Moon
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Orion is too heavy for any rocket that exists to carry it to low lunar orbit and bring it home.

Their wordsEven for $5.2b per launch, Orion is so overweight that there does not exist a booster nor an upper stage that can launch it to Low Lunar Orbit and return it to Earth.
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Orion was designed without reference to any mission it could actually fly.

Their wordsIt’s also a capsule to nowhere, designed without reference to any mission architecture that resembles our actual solar system.
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After fourteen years of redesign, Orion's heat shield performed worse than the one it replaced.

Their wordsThe updated heat shield design, after more than 14 years of development, had performed even worse.

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