Former NASA official trying to stop SLS: “There was just such visible hostility”

I think in any organization the size of NASA there will be politics and when it comes to a government body that depends on Senators for funding, even more.

I think a very important element of the story is that now NASA itself has heavy-lift capability. Whether the SLS allows NASA to fly the multiple flights per year, that's really a whole other budgeting and project decision. The multiple flights per year - whether in-house or commercial - will still depend on political appropriations and isn't only a technological issue as we know.

Ms Garver is quite open about her being a Space X fan and obviously they've done amazing things but there is something to be said about government having the technological skills to do this type of project versus just being an oversight organization.

>$20 billion (in development costs for SLS) to nothing (for Falcon Heavy) for the government, right?

The comparison of billions spent on SLS while SpaceX cost is nothing, is disingenious. SpaceX receives many billions in subsidies. This interview feels like a vendetta piece, but IDK enough to call it that.