Comment on NASA scrubs ESCAPADE launch due to ‘highly elevated solar activity’ by Ross Warren

Why not just wait till the next opportune launch window so they could arrive at Mars after only a 6 month voyage? This mission was originally supposed to launch a year ago but New Glenn was behind schedule. So I don’t understand the rush now just to let the two spacecraft sit out at L-2 for 12 months, exposed to any potential space weather during this solar cycle.

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