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If this article was correct, then what you said is not true. Seems like NASA went with a bad plan from the start to refurbish the old tech and made a costly, in
by ssijak 2y ago
If this article was correct, then what you said is not true. Seems like NASA went with a bad plan from the start to refurbish the old tech and made a costly, inefficient and risky tech-franken-zilla.
- philipwhiuk 2y agoThey were required, by Congress, to use Shuttle engines and SRBs to build a vehicle capable of deep space transportation.
- seastarer 2y agoThey should have refused
- ikeashark 2y agoCongress: Use Shuttle engines and SRBs to build a vehicle capable of deep space transportation. Nasa: No that's too costly. Congress: lol ok we'll slash funding + you legally can't refuse.
- pfdietz 2y agoIf the customer demands it they'll sell their integrity, and damn the taxpayers. I have little sympathy for this. If this sort of continued honesty-free space program is what Congress + NASA are going to give us, we'd be better off without a manned space program.
- neuronexmachina 2y agoYep. For reference regarding the budget stipulations: https://www.planetary.org/articles/why-we-have-the-sls https://www.planetary.org/articles/why-we-have-the-sls