On Oct 23, 1:40*am, "Matt Wiser" wrote:
Big problem for anti-SLS types: NO political support. There's a grand total
of one congresscritter who's on record as opposing SLS: Rep. Dana
Rohrabacher (R-CA). And his motives are not entirely pu Space X has a
facility in his district, and there's several commercial space outfits with
facilities in SoCal, and no doubt some of his constitutents work at those
firms.

Nice try, though....



Unlike many supporters of commercial space I'm neutral on the
question of the SLS. My view is that commercial space will go on
whether or not the SLS is funded.
Also, in an upcoming blog post I'll discuss that the very first
versions of the SLS scheduled to launch in 2017 will be able to launch
manned lunar missions.


Bob Clark