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"Explode until you figure it out" served Falcon 9 well. I'm inclined to see Constellation/SLS/Orion/etc. as at least as wasteful as the explosions, at least so
by ceejayoz 1y ago
"Explode until you figure it out" served Falcon 9 well.
I'm inclined to see Constellation/SLS/Orion/etc. as at least as wasteful as the explosions, at least so far. Which one wins out will depend on the end results.
I'd also note Apollo 13 was definitely a failure.
- slenk 1y agoWhile "explode until you figure it out" worked well on the Falcon 9, it was a lot of taxpayer money to develop a rocket system primarily used to launch their own product at this point - not delivering on price-points they claimed I might be a little bitter that NASA doesn't get that money instead.
- ceejayoz 1y agoNASA paid to get cargo and people up. Every other provider discarded the first stage. NASA also got much cheaper launches out of it. They’re just fine.
- hshdhdhj4444 1y agoThis is the kind of logic that led the HE to outsource its manufacturing base to China because “Americans got cheaper shit”. It’s a very reasonable argument for little tchotchkes you sell to tourists but much less so when talking about critical technologies.