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Gee wouldn't have anything to do with sabotaging his competition so he can corruptly profit? Sounds like someone needs to drain the swamp of this scum.
The primary reason NASA still exists is as a way to funnel federal tax dollars to the states in a way that doesn't look too much like socialism. They also spin it as a way to keep rocket engineers skilled up and in-industry in case they're needed for war.
The stuff that we care about, the science, and the inspiring future generations, is all just a sideshow to the politicians signing the bills.
I’m going to need to see the receipt for this claim.
It sounds way too cool to be true.
If they actually wanted the SLS, it would have been funded in such a way as to have delivered the big orange rocket by now. It's not funded in that way. The big orange rocket is not the goal of the SLS or Artemis programs. It's all about "pork barrel" projects, which are just socialism with extra steps and less benefit. And maybe we get a cool rocket and some excellent science out of it eventually.