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Re:The Lunacy of Artemis by ssijak on Monday May 20, 2024 @04:56AM (#40413579)
If this article was correct, then what you said is not true. Seems like NASA went with a bad plan from the start to refurbish the old tech and made a costly, inefficient and risky tech-franken-zilla.
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Re:The Lunacy of Artemis by philipwhiuk on Monday May 20, 2024 @06:08AM (#40413926)
They were required, by Congress, to use Shuttle engines and SRBs to build a vehicle capable of deep space transportation.
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Re:The Lunacy of Artemis by seastarer on Monday May 20, 2024 @07:20AM (#40414295)
They should have refused
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Re:The Lunacy of Artemis by ikeashark on Monday May 20, 2024 @10:03AM (#40415580)
Congress: Use Shuttle engines and SRBs to build a vehicle capable of deep space transportation.

Nasa: No that's too costly.

Congress: lol ok we'll slash funding + you legally can't refuse.

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Re:The Lunacy of Artemis by pfdietz on Monday May 20, 2024 @11:07AM (#40416378)
If the customer demands it they'll sell their integrity, and damn the taxpayers. I have little sympathy for this.

If this sort of continued honesty-free space program is what Congress + NASA are going to give us, we'd be better off without a manned space program.

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Re:The Lunacy of Artemis by neuronexmachina on Monday May 20, 2024 @03:09PM (#40419003)
Yep. For reference regarding the budget stipulations: https://www.planetary.org/articles/why-we-have-the-sls
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