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Re:Nasa head of human spaceflight resigns days before 'histo... by bryanlarsen on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @09:57AM (#23246815)
Everday Astronaut has a great video "SLS vs Starship"[1] which does a great job of explaining why SLS is designed the way it is.

TLDR: NASA realized that they needed "big rocket" capability. But because they get jerked around by the president, Senate and Congress every 4 years or so, the only way to get it was to design a program that was "unkillable", a program that was both ultra-conservative and spread the pork around widely.

1: https://everydayastronaut.com/sls-vs-starship/

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Re:Nasa head of human spaceflight resigns days before 'histo... by ethbro on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @10:14AM (#23246994)
Optimize for the game you're actually playing, not the ideal game you imagine it to be.
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Re:Nasa head of human spaceflight resigns days before 'histo... by soperj on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @11:27AM (#23248029)
Musk plays those games too. That's why you have a factory in Nevada, and a future factory in Texas.
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Re:Nasa head of human spaceflight resigns days before 'histo... by NikolaeVarius on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @12:32PM (#23248847)
It could possibly be that there is a East coast launch site and a West coast launch site, and its easier to drive these things shorter distances to the launch pad.
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