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Artemis program readiness debate, SLS and Orion success versus missing landers and suits

April 6, 2026r/spaceflight

In r/spaceflight, builders debate whether Artemis momentum is real or fragile, contrasting confidence that SLS and Orion work with concerns about lander hardware, suit design, and schedule realism versus China.

Assuming Artemis II lands on earth successfully, this mission seems like a tremendous success. SLS works, Orion works.
There is no lander flight hardware. There’s not even a final design.
basically none of the hardware is on track to be built, tested, human certified, and integrated by 2027/2028.
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