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Boeing’s inexperience causes major failures in lunar mission, NASA claims

Listen to the article A recent report from NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) blamed significant delays and cost overruns on the Artemis moon mission on mismanagement and an inexperienced workforce at Boeing. The 38-page document, released Wednesday, criticizes Boeing’s poor quality control practices and poorly trained personnel, attributing those issues to escalating costs and schedule delays in the development of NASA’s Block 1B Space Launch System (SLS). SLS Block 1B, a more powerful iteration of NASA’s existing SLS Block 1, is slated for its maiden flight in 2028 as part of the Artemis IV mission, a crewed lunar landing.