SLS already does represent a failure of process and funding. It's blatant corruption that keeps being overlooked by the broader public. Think of all the genuine

SLS already does represent a failure of process and funding. It's blatant corruption that keeps being overlooked by the broader public. Think of all the genuinely useful developments all those people could've been paid to work on instead of this project that does little more than serve as a means for politicians to buy votes. Then consider that they want to keep this waste going for another decade at least. The mere existence of SLS as a program would have run the US space launch capability into the ground if it weren't for SpaceX serving as the seed for 'New Space' launch companies. Without SLS we could've had refuelable second stages to provide a genuinely sustainable lunar presence (Boeing outright tried to get the guy who proposed such at ULA fired because it would make SLS mostly pointless) without having to rely on sheer luck of having a motivated private party. So if anything, it's unpatriotic to wish for the success of SLS since it fundamentally represents everything that's wrong with the US and allowing it to continue is the same as allowing politicians to continue screwing over the average person. That said, while I'm hoping for it to fail, I don't expect an explosion tomorrow to be able to make it fail, if anything it'll just give Congress an excuse to transfer more money to Boeing. I'd rather it fly properly and then be cancelled after a 3rd or 4th flight when it becomes way too clear that SLS is useless (Ideally SpaceX will have done the DearMoon and Polaris Dawn flights by then). SLS will fail but not because it'll fail to fly, but rather because it will fail to be worth flying. I'd also love for a reckoning where every politician responsible for pushing the program is punished but there's zero chance that'll happen.