Did you even read the article? I mean, I know this I'd Reddit but come on. It's 98% deployed, is not mission affecting, handled its earth flyby without issue, and is considered an acceptable level of risk.

Are you confusing it with Psyche, a mission that's been delayed a couple of times? Lucy has already launched, one of the solar panels stopped deploying at 98%, and NASA decided that they don't need to go the rest of the way. It's not a setback.

NASA has always done more with less. It's kinda their thing. This mission is no exception.

the array appears stable and can generate sufficient power to carry out its mission.

To be fair how often do we read the link instead of the headline