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Meanwhile the US government is arguably doing the same with SLS. Nobody's expecting it to ever be cost effective for anything, but it provides said strategic in
by moffkalast 4y ago
Meanwhile the US government is arguably doing the same with SLS. Nobody's expecting it to ever be cost effective for anything, but it provides said strategic independence.
- imtringued 4y agoSLS is cost effective in the segment of successfully going to the moon and coming back.
- moffkalast 4y agoIf Starship succeeds (which is what we're assuming in these discussions here anyway) then no, not even close. Crew Dragon + Starship transfer vehicle and lander would probably come in at a tenth the cost. Nevermind that the SLS programme assumes that Starship will succeed, otherwise they literally have no lander. So if SLS is to accomplish its goals it'll do so only in a world where it's obsolete.