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    Boeing hat seinen Mitarbeitern mitgeteilt, dass die NASA SLS -Verträge kündigen kann
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    Boeing hat seinen Mitarbeitern mitgeteilt, dass die NASA SLS -Verträge kündigen kann

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    1. ergzay on

      This is incredibly good news and I hope the new NASA administration follows through on this.

      Edit: Wow the downvotes are amazing. -19 in 6 minutes. I guess everyone became SLS defenders after the election.

    3. Low_Law2657 on

      Boeing is scum. If you are upset about this, then you should check your priorities

    4. unlock0 on

      You would think that the primes would be investing in reusable rocket technology. Instead you have 3 or 4 other names in the space that seem to be more favored by the market.

    5. ender2851 on

      as they should have. these dudes are a hot mess and should not see another nasa contract again

    6. neon on

      Boeing is awful. Space X is awsome.

      Let your musk hate goggles off and realize this is good news

    7. slothboy on

      Couldn’t possibly be because they have taken billions of dollars and provided virtually nothing.

    10. NKD_WA on

      I have mixed feelings about this. The Senate Lunch System is a huge waste of money and should be cut. But the fact that it’s being cut most likely because of Elon’s self-dealing and not because NASA saw the error of their ways puts a big damper on what should be good news.

    11. anothercynic2112 on

      SLS has been doomed almost since inception. Could/would Orion launch on something else? Falcon Heavy perhaps?

      Putting Elon’s stuff to the side for a minute, Starship would be the better platform, but they have to get it in orbit first and maybe some type of crew compartment. And you know, blow up less.

      Is anyone else close to a moon capable launch vehicle?

    12. holykamina on

      Hey Boeing, hire me. I will work for less. $500,000 to $600,000 a year salary.

      Move to hire engineers, and necessary techncial people who actually know what the eff is happening and put them in charge of running the programs rather than someone who wears a suite and puts money over safety. All bonuses will be pushed to the employees to ensure we retain top talent. If my salary increases by 10%, all employees‘ salaries will increase by 20%. If my salary does not increase, salary for employees will rise as per performance review and company profitability.

    14. CantaloupeCamper on

      SLS is a mess.

      But I have zero faith that this move will be anything but some self dealing corruption for Trump and Co.

    15. SpaceDantar on

      Eh.  I have mixed feelings. Sure, SLS isn’t perfect. It’s expensive and has taken forever. Boeing is a mess. 

      But it works.  It goes to the Moon.  Nothing else does.  

      You can tell me that spacex could send something into orbit and assemble it there, but that hasn’t actually ever been done or tested.

      Starship can „theoretically“ go to the moon but it is not anywhere close yet.  

      SLS gets the job done, we have it.  I’d like to see them develop it and build upon it.  

      It would be a shame to just trash everything and start over, and hope that SpaceX can get it done „somehow“

    16. OnlyAnEssenceThief on

      Some confusing comments so far. Removing SLS has no alternative? How about pairing Orion with ICPS and Falcon Heavy, which was being considered until Shelby shut it down? Better yet, now that New Glenn has finally launched, it can vie for some contracts too. Starship isn’t the only option.

      Another victory here is that without SLS, there’s no need for Mobile Launcher 2. Ditch that worthless moving plank and you save a huge sum of money through capitalizing on infrastructure you already have.

      There are reasonable concerns to be had regarding SpaceX’s current dominance, but so long as NASA invests in other options (i.e. by taking full advantage of the commercial sector), I don’t see a reason why Artemis would collapse. Delayed, yes; devastated, no.

    17. Popular-Swordfish559 on

      Genuinely what is the rationale for killing SLS. At least through Artemis III it’s the most mature portion of the Artemis architecture. Killing it is ceding the next crewed lunar landing to China.

    18. Dark_Vulture83 on

      What’s the reusability of SLS, 10% maybe?
      Getting 2 astronauts stuck on the ISS certainly didn’t help.

    22. Goregue on

      People say that by canceling SLS, NASA will be free to do more interesting things, but the reality is that money will simply disappear from its budget. We are seeing the dismantling of government in favor of private companies. Just yesterday Eric Berger reported that the Trump team wants to cut the National Science Foundation’s budget by two thirds. This is the main source of grants for astronomy research in the country. The US will lose its position as the main science and technology hub in the world due to a blind desire to cut costs, which in reality is just rich people looking to pay less taxes and hoard all the wealth for themselves.

    23. sdujour77 on

      As well NASA should. Boeing (yesterday’s technology today!) is going absolutely nowhere in an excruciatingly slow, obscenely expensive manner.

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