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> So what you do instead is you give them some pretend work. Are you saying that the SLS is just pretend work? Because if it's not then it's very much a waste
by inetknght 5y ago
> So what you do instead is you give them some pretend work.
Are you saying that the SLS is just pretend work? Because if it's not then it's very much a waste of taxpayer money at this point.
And if it's not pretend work then I would further argue that pretend work doesn't keep the skills sharp for the goal of building rockets. That's particularly true since SLS has yet to deliver any successful rockets!
> You are just paying them to keep them around and a little busy, not to take you to the Moon.
So you're definitely arguing that people should get employed to pretend to build rockets so that when you have to build rockets you can.
But I tell you: when you have to build rockets you still won't be able to because your people weren't actually building successful rockets.
- credit_guy 5y agoIndeed, they aren't building successful rockets. But the re-learning process for them would still be much faster than if you start with people with zero experience. It's like saying there's no point in keeping a National Guard around, because if a war comes, the guardsmen will have no actual war fighting experience. That might be true, but they'll still be able to man a 155mm howitzer, or dig a trench, or perform a patrol at night in a forest or 100 other things better than me.
- boibombeiro 5y agoThe main goal is to keep them (and their knowledge) in America.