"At current cost levels the SLS program is unsustainable."

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

  • Anahkiasen@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That was my immediate thought, it’s space exploration, it’s meant to cost more than is reasonable or affordable, because monetary rationale has never been a factor in it. Even if it did pay out in the long run with inventions and discoveries in the past, it’s never going to make budget sense because exploration and pushing our specie’s boundaries shouldn’t be. It’s a miracle what space agencies are/were able to accomplish with super strict budgets in the past, but in the end there’s only so much you can do by cutting corners and letting the private sector fill the gaps

    • weew@lemmy.caEnglish
      91·
      1 year ago

      but the SLS isn’t pushing boundaries. It’s just reusing leftover space shuttle parts and isn’t meant to do much more than what Atlas V managed. And still somehow costs billions per launch.