Viability of NASA SLS launch system; should it be cancelled?

SpaceNut · 2022-11-25 09:31:34

News article posting of $4.1 billion I have seen with all of the construction equipment required to produce this plus other parts sitting on the ground in various state of being built. True cost may never be known as you indicated since its been a decade in coming to launch with its many builds and testing or renewed parts and pieces to make it happen. Seems that nasa did not care about the viability of the ride along stuff as its all seeming to fail to deploy or operate correctly.

Grypd · 2022-12-06 11:59:55

I Wish I had more time to be able to be on this forum but as im not an US citizen perhaps I can put my penny in

SLS is as stated a pork barrel project but this has been the case with most US space launch capability for at least the last 50 years. It is an unfortunate result of what is a democracy people elected are intrested in being elected and as such when these come up the first question is what is in it for me. And dont get me wrong often this is a point of view were elected officials are looking out for those who elected them they want jobs and prosperity to come to their people. It just makes everything a bit more expensive.

But on this thread we asked why is the SLS not more reusable the answer is simple it is proven technology and I have to ask if your senate and congress actually trust Space X and Musk im not sure.

tahanson43206 · 2022-12-06 12:29:41

For Grypd re #77

This post is inspired by your comments ...

As a resident, I've taken it pretty much for granted that our political system favors keeping constituents employed, where possible. The unexpected and abrupt termination of the momentum the US had going immediately after Apollo was out of the control of Congress, but what was ** in ** their control was the fate of the workforce, and the corporate structures that delivered Apollo.

It seems to me that there is a great deal more to the story of the long investment in SLS than we (humans) might (understandably) think of.

While the individual workers in the various companies engaged with SLS were not operating at the level of performance they might have achieved at SpaceX, what they ** have ** done is to sustain their families for all these years.

Your post caused me to reflect upon the implication of the Congress providing funds for an entire generation of bright young people to acquire a high level education, along with nurturing a positive attitude toward US spaceflight capability. At this point, we have no way of knowing, but I would not be at ALL surprised to learn that some of the members of that cohort are now working for either Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk, or other entrepreneurial organizations.

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SpaceNut · 2022-12-09 18:40:03

We do have the topic of how expensive it has been to create and what we have done to create from existing.

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SpaceNut · 2023-01-27 22:37:52

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Seems it's going to get another flight as data is within range even though they are still going through all of the data still.

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#76 2022-11-25 09:31:34

Re: Viability of NASA SLS launch system; should it be cancelled?

#77 2022-12-06 11:59:55

Re: Viability of NASA SLS launch system; should it be cancelled?

#78 2022-12-06 12:29:41

Re: Viability of NASA SLS launch system; should it be cancelled?

#79 2022-12-09 18:40:03

Re: Viability of NASA SLS launch system; should it be cancelled?

#80 2023-01-27 22:37:52

Re: Viability of NASA SLS launch system; should it be cancelled?

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