> It's what (little) the Senate will pay for right now. Their one choice. This is no correct. The typical NASA move in this situation would have been to extend

> It's what (little) the Senate will pay for right now. Their one choice. This is no correct. The typical NASA move in this situation would have been to extend the analysis phase and pull the competitors along. Also, the selection statement quite clearly showed that Starship was by far the best solution in every single segment evaluated, technical, price and management. Had Starship not won the evaluation. NASA would have been required to first engaged the winner in price negotiation and try to square the budget. If this would not have been possible they might have looked to the cheaper competitor or do something else. However, all of that doesn't matter because Starship simply won outright and they could fit it in the budget. > No actual manned flight is included As the other comment stated, this is just flat wrong.