NASA's SLS rocket has been in development for over a decade and at last was ready to take off from the Space Coast. But leaks and other technical problems thwarted it on its first attempts. Jake travelled to Florida to see it and reports on how it went, and how weaknesses in the program's architecture don't end at lift off.

We talk the Space Launch System

• 1st Scrub - Space News
• 2nd Scrub - Space News
• Years after shuttle, NASA rediscovers the perils of liquid hydrogen - Ars Technica
• We got a leaked look at NASA’s future Moon missions—and likely delays - Ars Technica

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