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Boeing has informed its employees that NASA may cancel SLS contracts

30 points by LorenDB - 13 comments
Animats [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Good. With both Blue Origin and Space-X having flown heavy boosters, there's no need for a US$2 billion per launch Boeing booster, even if it works.
someperson [3 hidden]5 mins ago
SLS is super heavy class like Starship. It deploys about 100 tons to orbit in Block 1 configuration.

New Glenn deploys half that. Closer to a Falcon Heavy.

You can't really do a moon program without a super heavy rocket.

bushbaba [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Assuming they contract out to both those venders. Having a single vendor win the contracts lead to this mess to begin with
skissane [3 hidden]5 mins ago
I think Jared Isaacman's closeness to Musk gives him added motivation to award contracts to non-SpaceX vendors (once he's confirmed), because he'll seek to disprove claims he's biased in favor of SpaceX
Arainach [3 hidden]5 mins ago
....because there's tons of precedent for the Trump Administration, GOP courts, or voters to punish in any way raw corruption or profiteering?
idontwantthis [3 hidden]5 mins ago
I agree, but there’s no way to divorce this from Musk’s hand controlling our government. It should have been cancelled years ago, but the motive matters.
thomquaid [3 hidden]5 mins ago
The motive is Boeing didnt deliver, doesnt deliver, and cannot deliver.
ChiefEngineer [3 hidden]5 mins ago
That depends on the application. If we are talking safety critical human space flight SLS would be preferable over SpaceX.
hodgesrm [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Wait, you mean the SLS that could not bring astronauts back from the International Space Station? It's nine months in and they are still up there.
lostlogin [3 hidden]5 mins ago
You’re picking Boeing for their safety record? Why is that?
baggy_trough [3 hidden]5 mins ago
How can that possibly be true?
xeromal [3 hidden]5 mins ago
I mean one is actually flying right now and one ain't
boznz [3 hidden]5 mins ago
should have been done 5 years ago