#SLS is a boondoggle. The conception and execution of the project has been a near-perfect example of #PorkBarrel politics. Pork barrels are lousy ways to advance technology. Just a fraction of the $23bn π° spent on the #SLS could make an enormous difference. https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/08/28/nasas-newest-rocket-is-a-colossal-waste-of-money
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#Presidents support #NASA and do what NASA says. We could have orbiters around every planet πͺ in the #SolarSystem for a fraction π of the cost of #Artemis. But nobody gave us that option. The cost π° and time β³ spent on #SLS and #Orion have set the #SpaceProgram back γ½οΈ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/opinion/nasa-moon-artemis.html