silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoProposed 24 percent cut to NASA budget eliminates key Artemis architecture, climate researchspaceflightnow.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down11
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minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoOh for sure, SLS is the heaviest lift rocket in the world by a large margin right now. It just can’t launch frequently or cheaply. Cancelling it while Starship is still so flaky is a bad move IMO.
minus-squareconditional_soup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s what I was thinking as well. As flaky as private companies can be, we could well end up right back at no heavy lifters if Elon wakes up one day and just decides “eh, fuck it”
Oh for sure, SLS is the heaviest lift rocket in the world by a large margin right now. It just can’t launch frequently or cheaply.
Cancelling it while Starship is still so flaky is a bad move IMO.
That’s what I was thinking as well. As flaky as private companies can be, we could well end up right back at no heavy lifters if Elon wakes up one day and just decides “eh, fuck it”