"At current cost levels the SLS program is unsustainable."

NASA finally admits what everyone already knows: SLS is unaffordable::“At current cost levels the SLS program is unsustainable.”

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    292·
    1 year ago

    Can I ask: do you actually believe NASA builds their own rockets themselves? Like out back in their shed with a table saw and pliers?

    The prime contractor on the sls is boeing.

    • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1531·
      1 year ago

      It’s just hate for musk, people who hate musk have blinders on and think every company he has any input into is a scam.

        • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          99·
          1 year ago

          SpaceX is a tool that directly aids democracy. Without it, we still wouldn’t have independent access to space. We would be relying on the Russian Soyuz to carry us to the ISS, and due to the current situation, I don’t think they’d have let us continue riding the Soyuz if we didn’t have our own method.

            • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              7·
              1 year ago

              The ISS is an important international partnership with allies and rivals alike that strengthens the US’ position on the world stage. That the US is capable of maintaining such a complex system is an example of democracy’s value and the US’ soft power.

          • topinambour_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
            26·
            1 year ago

            SpaceX existed before Musk bought it. It could have ended being used by the NASA. Then you seem to forget the ESA and their Ariane launchers.

      • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        91·
        1 year ago

        Nah, I hate musk as much as the rest of them. SpaceX is the only company he has that’s worth a damn. I was really kind of happy when he started screwing with Twitter because he has less time to screw up SpaceX.

        Now, that said, SpaceX needs competition. I will take us for musk to have one bad trip hop in there and start screwing that company over. If NASA is fully dependent on them…

        SpaceX isn’t doing anything another company can’t do. It’s just that Boeing owns our f****** government.

          • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
            31·
            1 year ago

            Starlink is horrible on many fronts. Just the amount of trash they’ve thrown into low orbit is crap. Short-term disposable satellites are not great. Now he’s taking and giving access based on his own political wants.

            Tesla’s a pretty mixed bag. Privacy issues, quality issues, resell issues, repair issues, self-driving car failures. All the other stuff they do really well everybody else also does well.

            All this stuff started off really strong when he started going batshit crazy things started getting less attractive

          • SMillerNL@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Tesla is publicly traded and as far as I can tell Starlink is not a company but rather a SpaceX project.

      • anlumo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        1 year ago

        To be fair, based on his companies the odds of that bet are quite good.