From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On 4 Feb 2026 22:17:26 GMT, Ted Nolan  wrote:   
      
   > I read somewhere today that Artemis was mandated by Congress to use   
   > 1970s Space Shuttle tech for some reason.   
      
   The assumption would have been that reusing existing technology would   
   save costs and reduce debugging time/pain.   
      
   Of course that idea led to its own complications. I recall that   
   servicing the Space Shuttle Main Engines was a particularly tricky   
   job, I think because they were not designed for reuse.   
      
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