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In “stopped clock right twice a day” news, it appears that the incoming US kakistocracy is going to cancel the white elephant Space Launch System.
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Sion [main]
Sion [main]
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Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons (ie sending all the money to its competitor[s] instead)?
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Sarah Brown
Sarah Brown
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@Sion [main] Musk was profiting from SLS either way because he had the contract to provide the lander.

But he isn’t really competition. SLS was never a viable launch system; more a way to endlessly launder money to corporate donors.

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Sion [main]
Sion [main]
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Competition for which corporate to launder money to, then. (If they rejig Artemis to not use SLS, rather than just scrap the whole thing -- guess what it's going to come down to is is it close enough to be a vanity project for the next presidential term)
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