@lori_garver βIt got funded as a rocket to nowhere, and we at #NASA had to figure out something to do with itβ.
The #rocket is #unsustainable by design, relying on an old and potentially quite expensive π° way to get to #space π. Much of #SLS is a holdover from the #SpaceShuttle. https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1065143/nasa-artemis-return-to-moon
The #rocket is #unsustainable by design, relying on an old and potentially quite expensive π° way to get to #space π. Much of #SLS is a holdover from the #SpaceShuttle. https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1065143/nasa-artemis-return-to-moon
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"Political and #aerospace interests were more than reluctant to embrace any changes which they viewed as a threat to their own hegemony."
The mainstream media doesnβt cover #SpaceExploration and #SpaceScience with the same questioning π rigor that they reserve for #politics. People writing about space exploration are mostly cheerleaders π₯³ for the cause, rather than independent observers keeping a watchful eye on how our national monies π° are spent. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2022/06/23/new-book-paints-bleak-picture-of-nasas-human-spaceflight-program/
The mainstream media doesnβt cover #SpaceExploration and #SpaceScience with the same questioning π rigor that they reserve for #politics. People writing about space exploration are mostly cheerleaders π₯³ for the cause, rather than independent observers keeping a watchful eye on how our national monies π° are spent. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2022/06/23/new-book-paints-bleak-picture-of-nasas-human-spaceflight-program/