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NASA finally admits what everyone already knows: SLS is unaffordable::"At current cost levels the SLS program is unsustainable."

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The entire NASA budget is like 5% of the US military budget. Unaffordable my ass.

[–] Absolutemehperson 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People in the middle east won't bomb themselves you know.

[–] just_another_person 21 points 1 year ago

Just because you CAN do something, doesn't always mean you should. It's unaffordable because it's not reusable, and we need to stop making these types of rockets now we have a leg up on more sustainable/reusable and affordable solutions.

[–] linearchaos 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah we should just shut down SLS so all the money will ... wait what will they do with the money again?

Bureaucrat: I mean we could track space asteroids but the chances of them falling in my lifetime are kind of slim that money would look a lot better in my pocket...