Langjähriger Verfechter von SLS Rocket sagt, es sei Zeit, eine „Off-Ramp“ zu finden,
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/long-time-advocate-of-sls-rocket-says-its-time-to-find-an-off-ramp/
Langjähriger Verfechter von SLS Rocket sagt, es sei Zeit, eine „Off-Ramp“ zu finden,
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/long-time-advocate-of-sls-rocket-says-its-time-to-find-an-off-ramp/
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Pretty significant to have Pace change his position this much. Probably stating it to be in time for the hearing that’s coming up.
[Link to full text Pace discussed in article, given as statement for the record for the hearing.](https://republicans-science.house.gov/_cache/files/7/5/753b449d-7b41-455b-a134-222c9337caf7/F18B0162A530D3153DA52B2D398F47A395E90858670BB89A775902087AD10733.dr.-pace—testimony.pdf)
[Full hearing video.](https://www.youtube.com/live/HpJmCt17KsA?si=7m3tFGhWSGjzzS4T)
Also of significant note:
>In terms of NASA’s budget, to justify its funding or seek more resources, Pace says the agency needs to innovate more and that traditional programs of record should be used „only as a last resort.“ He also says the agency could consider options, such as **ending the life of the International Space Station before 2030, due to its age and an increasing number of anomalies.**
The SLS was created by Congress. It’s mandated under US law. It takes an act of Congress to cancel the SLS.
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He also said in the hearing that AR2, 3, and maybe 4 should remain unchanged while other options are worked simultaneously to avoid further delays. Which I think is what most people agree the path forward should be.
So the plan would be to continue building the Gateway and using Orion, just with a different launcher?
A billion dollar ramp? That’s structurally compromised and leaning over?
Sls a.k.a Ares V will go down as probably most mishandled rocket development program in history. It was supposed to be a cheap and quick rocket based on STS hardware and ended up either.
Ludicrous launch price, extremely low lauch rate, and ballooning project cost.
Starship exists, and the lower stage has proven itself to be reliable and fast to build. If combined with a normal second stage, then it could do anything that sls can
So how long until it’s reveled Bezos or Musk bought him a beach house
Bad paraphrasing in the title. He said we need to find an off-ramp to reliance on SLS. I interpret that to be “only on SLS “
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|——-|———|—|
|[AR](/r/Space/comments/1iys9vd/stub/mex3j1d „Last usage“)|Area Ratio (between rocket engine nozzle and bell)|
| |Aerojet Rocketdyne|
| |Augmented Reality real-time processing|
| |Anti-Reflective optical coating|
|[BO](/r/Space/comments/1iys9vd/stub/mex23av „Last usage“)|Blue Origin (*Bezos Rocketry*)|
|ETOV|Earth To Orbit Vehicle (common parlance: „rocket“)|
|[LEO](/r/Space/comments/1iys9vd/stub/mex78zi „Last usage“)|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)|
| |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)|
|[LV](/r/Space/comments/1iys9vd/stub/mex517w „Last usage“)|Launch Vehicle (common parlance: „rocket“), see ETOV|
|[NG](/r/Space/comments/1iys9vd/stub/mex517w „Last usage“)|New Glenn, two/three-stage orbital vehicle by Blue Origin|
| |Natural Gas (as opposed to pure methane)|
| |Northrop Grumman, aerospace manufacturer|
|[NRE](/r/Space/comments/1iys9vd/stub/mex328e „Last usage“)|Non-Recurring Expense|
|[SLS](/r/Space/comments/1iys9vd/stub/mexe0ln „Last usage“)|Space Launch System heavy-lift|
|[STS](/r/Space/comments/1iys9vd/stub/mex2ba8 „Last usage“)|Space Transportation System (*Shuttle*)|
|[ULA](/r/Space/comments/1iys9vd/stub/mex23av „Last usage“)|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|
|Jargon|Definition|
|——-|———|—|
|[Starlink](/r/Space/comments/1iys9vd/stub/mexdas3 „Last usage“)|SpaceX’s world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
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