AI reading of NASA’s Orion Space Capsule Is Flaming Garbage - By Casey Handmer.

* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:00:19 - NASA’s Orion Space Capsule Is Flaming Garbage

* 00:05:17 - Orion is absurdly expensive to build and operate

* 00:15:21 - The Orion capsule is far too heavy to be useful

* 00:22:19 - Wrong Mission

* 00:28:52 - Heat shield

* 00:42:33 - We’re done here

* 00:46:07 - But wait, there’s more

* 00:46:32 - Separation bolts

* 00:49:40 - Service Module Problems

* 00:55:41 - ECLSS problems

* 00:59:59 - Hatches that won’t open

* 01:05:35 - Docking system missing, please pay $2.5b

* 01:11:59 - Abort system and other crew safety systems

* 01:14:19 - Parachute test failures

* 01:14:46 - Power distribution system

* 01:16:55 - Battery design won’t stop changing for no apparent reason

* 01:20:12 - Flight software

* 01:22:40 - Systems that have not yet caused problems

* 01:23:40 - Contractor underperformance is overdetermined

* 01:26:10 - Lying to you with your own tax dollars

* 01:35:20 - So what now?

https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/nasas-orion-space-capsule-is-flaming-garbage/

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