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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Tuesday November 15 2022, @02:54PM (2 children)

    by Freeman (732) on Tuesday November 15 2022, @02:54PM (#1279863) Journal

    The only possible "good outcome" of it blowing up on the pad is, if it cuts off the pork train. In the event that it doesn't, it's literally just a wasted mission. Which would be sad.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by DannyB on Tuesday November 15 2022, @02:59PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 15 2022, @02:59PM (#1279865) Journal

    Even a successful mission of SLS is almost entirely a gigantic waste of money. The "success" part of an SLS mission does not make up for the 19/20 (95%) waste if another launch system could do the job at 1/20 (5%) the price. ($4+ billion vs, say $200 million)

    So a huge fireball is 20/20 (or 1.0) waste of money vs a successful mission which is 19/20 (0.95) waste of money.

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    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Tuesday November 15 2022, @04:18PM

      by Freeman (732) on Tuesday November 15 2022, @04:18PM (#1279873) Journal

      Those numbers are painful, but all too accurate. SpaceX was a huge gamble at first, but now they've proven their system works. To be able to take Space Travel and Exploration to the next level, we can't rely on the old way of doing things.

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