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>But if it does, I hope it leads the US government to change course on this nonsense. I see no reason why a failure of this rocket would change the way they do
by xupybd 4y ago
>But if it does, I hope it leads the US government to change course on this nonsense.
I see no reason why a failure of this rocket would change the way they do business. The political motivation is for local high prestige jobs, not for any outcomes outside of that.
NASA does well to fight for the science they do, but the funding model is not aligned with that goal.
- agrajag 4y agoThe NASA contract model has already changed substantially. Even Bill Nelson, the current administrator and former senator thinks that cost-plus contracting is no longer the way foreward. A lot of this is directly attributable to the success of the Commercial Crew program.
- imglorp 4y agoCommercial crew just proved something else, too. In a controlled experiment, we ran the ossified incumbent with a storied 100 years of experience against a challenger. The challenger delivered in May '20 and the incumbent, paid way more, will be about 3 years late to get people to ISS: OFT-1 is currently NET Feb'23. This says more about Boeing's business structure than anything else. Its mission is different.
- panick21_ 4y agoNASA has already changed. SLS/Orion are left over relics from old NASA propped up by congress.