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The heatshield is not quite Avcoat. It is missing the crucial honeycomb that gives it structural integrity. I worked on EFT-1. It's test flight was gorgeous (2014). LM decided to remove the honeycomb. It is like a beehive with no honeycomb.

I changed projects bc it was obvious to that the risk was substantial, long befor Artemis was called Artemis, people said this.



Sorry, I had to google it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_Flight_Test-1

> [...] previously known as Orion Flight Test 1 [...] Without a crew, it was launched on December 5, 2014 [...]




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