ORLANDO, Fla. — After a second postponement, several Artemis spectators were understandably disappointed but said they supported NASA’s decision regardless of how far they may have traveled.
David West, 52, and Janna West, 44, both of Atlanta, made the trip south Friday evening and were among the many at Jetty Park in Cape Canaveral to learn NASA scrubbed its second attempt at launching the 322-foot-tall Artemis I rocket, which would lay the groundwork for the space agency’s plans to return humans to the moon.
“We’re going to be big supporters of this no matter what. It’s not gonna dissuade us in the least,” David said. “With something that’s this complicated and has this many things that have to go right, you can’t afford to make mistakes. Naysayers want instant gratification and they don’t understand that thousands of people work on this thing and they want to see it work. They want to make sure that when people go up in this thing they do it safely. However long that takes, it’ll be worth it.”
