SpaceX to launch Intuitive Machines lander Feb. 14 on 2nd try for NASA's commercial moon program

Some fueling issues---not using hypergolics, as I understand it. The lander itself is methalox.

Are payload shrouds filled with pure nitrogen gas so as to reduce fire risks?
 
publiusr said:
Some fueling issues---not using hypergolics, as I understand it. The lander itself is methalox.

Are payload shrouds filled with pure nitrogen gas so as to reduce fire risks?
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They have conditioned air blowing into them continuously from the time of leaving the spacecraft processing facility until just before launch vehicle propellant loading in the countdown and then it is changed to conditioned GN2.
 

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