Bab 430: Chapter 421 Fourteen_1

The SRB malfunction a few hours after launch dealt a harsh blow to the responsible manufacturer, Orbital ATK, and Boeing, in charge of quality inspection, received a severe scolding.

The preliminary detection report made everyone break into a cold sweat, unable to imagine how severe the consequences of an explosion in the air could be.

It could be said that if Claire hadn't made a split-second decision to risk launch failure and force an early separation of the boosters, Artemis II would have become a tragedy in front of the whole world.

However, the problems didn't stop there.

The "Blue Moon" lander was waiting for maintenance.

On June 28th, the "Blue Moon" and the fueling module docked in lunar orbit, taking 6 hours to successfully transfer about 18 tons of fuel to the "Blue Moon," bringing its total mass to 40 tons, enough to meet mission requirements.