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Re:Orion has splashed down off the coast of Baja, California by pfdietz on Sunday December 11, 2022 @01:51PM (#33946132)
Exceptional reliability? How can you possibly claim that? Reliability comes from working out all the unknown unknowns, and that comes only from experience.

Starship is not needed to condemn SLS. Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy are sufficient to render SLS uncompetitive and unneeded.

In a perfect world, SLS would have had a stake driven through its corrupt programmatic heart years ago.

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Re:Orion has splashed down off the coast of Baja, California by zardo on Sunday December 11, 2022 @04:57PM (#33948000)
In a perfect (space policy) world, SLS wouldn't have had major components determined by the legislature. It's extremely expensive because that's what the legislature asked for, a single use rocket built using super expensive engines designed for a reusable rocket.
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Re:Orion has splashed down off the coast of Baja, California by twiddling on Sunday December 11, 2022 @05:22PM (#33948230)
the legislature asks for federal pork to be spread across as many Congressional districts as possible
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