Sadly emblematic for the US; tens of billions spent with no visible outcome
No different than our approach to infrastructure, education, Healthcare, broadband....plenty of money, no results
No different than our approach to infrastructure, education, Healthcare, broadband....plenty of money, no results
Or we can turn this into yet another bitchfest about government inefficiency.
SLS as a platform was forced on the scientists by the politicians.
Also from a science perspective: the funding of this boondoggle has sucked the air out of the room, lots of other projects weren’t funded to make this thing happen. Seems like all SLS discussion is inherently political.
While there big problems with the SLS program such a small delay on the pad is not one of them.