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Old April 17th 17, 06:01 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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Default SLS launches likely delayed

Jeff Findley wrote:

In article ,
says...

Looks like NASA's first two launches of the SLS for their lunar tests
will be delayed by a year or more.



Why am I not surprised? And of course, the OIG says that the problem is
"all of the programs supporting these first couple of flights are not
being funded at recommended levels". On the one hand I can see why
they're saying this. But on the other, with the kind of money we're
throwing at SLS, you'd think that NASA would be getting "enough".

That means SpaceX will almost certainly be there before them.


Possibly, but SpaceX isn't immune from schedule slips. They have lost
one Falcon 9 in flight and one during fueling for a hot fire test. Both
of these incidents delayed the program quite significantly.


True, but I think their current schedule has already taken the
majority of its slips, unlike the NASA schedule.


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