From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Bobbie Sellers   wrote:   
   >On 2/4/26 14:17, Ted Nolan  wrote:   
   >> I read somewhere today that Artemis was mandated by Congress to use   
   >> 1970s Space Shuttle tech for some reason.   
   >   
   >	I don't know about any mandate but that technology worked. And hopefully   
   >some experts in that effort were still alive and the documentation of   
   >the older project was useful.   
      
   Hydrogen fuel was a major pain in the neck during the Shuttle era and so many   
   flights were delayed or scrubbed due to leaks.  It's true that we did learn a   
   whole lot about hydrogen seals in the process, though.   
   --scott   
      
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