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2021-11-16 Science & Technology

SLS to moon just jumped massively higher in price.

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Posted by 3dc 2021-11-16 06:06|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top
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#1 93 billion?

Posted by 3dc 2021-11-16 06:19|| 2021-11-16 06:19|| Front Page Top

#2 NASA inspector general report

Posted by 3dc 2021-11-16 06:22|| 2021-11-16 06:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, NASA was told it couldn't afford the Constellation project, so it cancelled it and built SLS instead.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-11-16 10:03|| 2021-11-16 10:03|| Front Page Top

#4 If we could put a man on the moon, why can't we ... uh...uh..

nevermind

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-11-16 11:43|| 2021-11-16 11:43|| Front Page Top

#5 ...NASA has been pretty much hopeless for about four decades now. When my Dad went to work there just after the Challenger accident, he figured out PDQ that NASA's primary mission is transferring tax dollars to aerospace contractors - any science or tech they trip over along the way is a bonus, and hey, we still got Tang.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-11-16 13:06|| 2021-11-16 13:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Well. Boeing's at the feed trough now.
("This is waaay better than airplanes. I mean, no plants or anything.")

Posted by ed in texas 2021-11-16 15:16|| 2021-11-16 15:16|| Front Page Top

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