I'm been another SLS grumbler, but the "source" in the article and a couple of the commenters on that page made a decent (if exasperating) point: if you accept

I'm been another SLS grumbler, but the "source" in the article and a couple of the commenters on that page made a decent (if exasperating) point: if you accept as a given that pork is going to happen (and if you're being clear-eyed and realistic, you pretty much have to), the SLS is at least better than bridges to nowhere or redundant military bases. It is going to fly, after all.