Kevin Nolan

They can do it forever more.

In fact, it's less expensive to do each of these launches than it was to maintain the shuttle itself.

So that's why they can do it continually.

It largely is.

Artemis 2, sorry, Artemis is the program, like Apollo.

Artemis 2 is this mission.

And then we have up to Artemis 8, it's actually already budgeted for and contracted.

And then you're right then.

So the Space Launch System rocket was composed really of three major components.

The actual, you know, the main fuselage that launched it.

Then actually a big part of it was the actual service module on the back end of it, built by the European Space Agency, of which even Irish money contributed.

So Europe are involved in this.

And that's the cylindrical bit behind the cone that got the astronauts to the moon from Earth orbit and back.

So that's totally European.

And it hasn't been sold enough, actually, because it was really a remarkable job that ESA and Airbus did on that.

And then you're right, then the capsule was built by Lockheed Martin is the piece where the four astronauts are in.

And it's coming back to Earth.

So it'll separate from the service module.

That's not reusable.

But the Orion capsule itself is unbelievably sophisticated, actually.