No space mission is.

I keep feeling there's going to be a reckoning for the 'move fast and break things' ethos. The same way I'm feeling there's a target
on our backs now.

I've been saying since day one of Chump 2 that none of this chaos on purpose is sustainable for very long before something big goes boom.

Was checking out the launch escape system test. Hopefully increases safety.

They dida a test. It is a rocket unit mounted over the capsule and will pull the capsules away from the rocket in case of malfunction.

He couldn't stop thinking about how all his equipment was built by the lowest bidder.

I do not like the current trend of passing off the exploration of space to profiteers. Not one bit. So, I am worried about this flight. About the people in the capsule mostly. I hope they come back safely.

Sure, the components of the mission were produced by private companies -- just like they were during the Mercury, Saturn, and Apollo era. Are you more worried about this flight than the ones that preceded it?

Artemis isn't a SpaceX or Blue Origin rocket.

Optics.

They don't dare screw this up.