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I think the point is that we didn't need it to get to space. There were cheaper alternatives.
by bostonpete 8y ago
I think the point is that we didn't need it to get to space. There were cheaper alternatives.
- mgamache 8y agoRight, the Russians were sending LEO payloads for < $2500/pound. Event our own old rockets were much cheaper.
- na85 8y agoI don't understand the cost argument. NASA is allocated less than half a percentage point of your federal budget. $20B is nothing to the United States Government. You could double their budget and DOD would still be spending 16x more. NASA is cheap. Direct your ire at Rockwell, not NASA.
- ptero 8y agoThe main problem is not wasting 20B/year, but that this puts a super conservative, risk averse incumbent in the driver seat for technology development which shuts out competition. SpaceX used up 1B in the first 10 years; I would rather spend that 20B/yr to fund 200 spacex-es. My 2c.