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To me the SLS is like Brexit: obscenely wasteful and short-sighted, seemingly inevitable, but somehow I still don't believe it will ever leave the ground. The
by caconym_ 7y ago
To me the SLS is like Brexit: obscenely wasteful and short-sighted, seemingly inevitable, but somehow I still don't believe it will ever leave the ground.
The Artemis thing is like a joke for real, though. After the last 30 years of bullshit we've seen from the US government's manned space exploration efforts I think I'll be living in a SpaceX-manufactured igloo on Titan before Richard Shelby and his obstructionist, pork-slinging ilk manage to put footprints on the moon.
- oska 7y agoJust as a comment: I really hate seeing Brexit dragged into every conversation. We're talking about rockets here, which should be a million miles away from any discussion of Brexit.
- nickik 7y agoYes. Thank you. Brexit is the ultimate 'this proves my world view' and gets dragged into every conversation.
- caconym_ 7y agoPlease enlighten me: what's the world view I'm trying to prove by invoking Brexit?
- caconym_ 7y agoThe SLS is pure politics. You're welcome to ignore that, if you like, but that decision means you won't have a good understanding of why the rocket "exists", or why it's designed the way it is, or what the prospects are for its future.