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Re:NASA, SpaceX set May 27 as target date for first crew launch by ecpottinger on Friday April 17, 2020 @12:54PM (#22900684)
Which would mean SpaceX will just go it alone. It really would look bad for NASA if SpaceX then does manned missions that NASA can't do.

NASA can not count on the SLS to do the job, if only because it costs do much to launch the SLS that NASA can not afford many missions with it.

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Re:NASA, SpaceX set May 27 as target date for first crew launch by nikofeyn on Friday April 17, 2020 @01:28PM (#22901058)
> It really would look bad for NASA if SpaceX then does manned missions that NASA can't do.

that's been the case for almost a decade now. just replace spacex with the soyuz rocket.

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