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Re:Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by jryle70 on Saturday August 29, 2026 @02:15PM (#49492016)
> the president giving no bid contacts to incompetent donors

Are you talking about SLS?

Oh maybe you'd say that is "Senate Launch System", it's complicated, job program, 50 states sharing, and so on?

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Re:Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by jeltz on Sunday August 30, 2026 @03:52AM (#49496631)
At least it works unlike Starship. But yes both SLS and Starship are handouts to political donors.
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Re:Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by inemesitaffia on Sunday August 30, 2026 @05:30AM (#49497091)
But the Starship contracts were awarded by Biden.

And unlike SLS weren't no-bid

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