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NASA should consider commercial alternatives to SLS, inspector general says (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

With the goal of the program being a distributed jobs program first and space exploration second, it'll be hard to find a commercial option that will give jobs to critical senators districts. But the space exploration capability is filled much better with starship if it can live up to even 5% of it's potential.