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When Mr Bridenstine suggested in 2019 that America could return to the Moon π using #SpaceXβs #FalconHeavy, he provoked a row with Richard #Shelby, a senator from #Alabama who was then chairman of the Senate appropriations committee. Welcoming the #SLS in 2011, Mr Shelby said that #NASAβs exploration of space, βhas always been and always will be through Marshall Space Flight Centre [in #Alabama].β https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2022/08/24/nasas-space-launch-system-is-yesterdays-rocket
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It will become inevitably embarrassing if #Starship is launching dozens of times a year like #Falcon9 is, and #SLS π° once every two years. #FalconHeavy is the one SLS was originally in a race against, not Starship. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/former-nasa-official-on-trying-to-stop-sls-there-was-just-such-visible-hostility/