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Senate Launch System continues to delay development
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019...ellant-depots/
Basically, NASA is so invested in SLS they apparently don't want to develop other tech. I love the part about how Falcon 9 Heavy is mythical (at the time) while SLS isn't... |
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Senate Launch System continues to delay development
On Aug/1/2019 Ã* 19:42, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote :
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019...ellant-depots/ Basically, NASA is so invested in SLS they apparently don't want to develop other tech. I love the part about how Falcon 9 Heavy is mythical (at the time) while SLS isn't... SLS isn't mythical. It is very real. It's a real boondoggle. Alain Fournier |
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Senate Launch System continues to delay development
On 8/2/2019 7:48 AM, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article , says... Today, NASA signed an agreement with SpaceX to develop in space refueling technology (presumably for Starship). That conversation on Twitter is what spurred ULA's former chief scientist to Tweet about the above. I love the part about how Falcon 9 Heavy is mythical (at the time) while SLS isn't... Yeah, that was always disingenuous considering how much commonality there is between the (then flying) Falcon 9 and the (then under development) Falcon Heavy. SLS, by comparison, is pretty much all new except for the SSMEs they took off of all of the orbiters that are in museums. That was an eye-roller for me too, even at the time and of course, remains so. Just look at the cost per flight numbers. Says it all... Oh, and Ars Technica, and Eric Berger in particular, publish great articles about "space". I like their online forums as well. Jeff Agreed. Dave |
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