Budgetvorschlag des Weißen Hauses würde SLS und Orion auslaufen lassen, skalieren Sie die ISS -Operationen zurück
White House budget proposal would phase out SLS and Orion, scale back ISS operations
Budgetvorschlag des Weißen Hauses würde SLS und Orion auslaufen lassen, skalieren Sie die ISS -Operationen zurück
White House budget proposal would phase out SLS and Orion, scale back ISS operations
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Why spend on something when you could just pocket?
I don’t like this administration any more than anyone else. But, that said, I understand the cuts to SLS and Orion.
Look at the SLS vs the Falcon Heavy for example. SLS carries 70,000 kg to LEO, compared to 63,800 on the Falcon Heavy if you fully expend it. Okay, an edge for SLS. Except. SLS costs $2.5 billion per launch, while an expendable Falcon Heavy launch is just $100 million. That’s 25 Falcon Heavies for each SLS. Uh oh.
Add to that, the Falcon Heavy is a tested technology. It’s had 11 launches, SLS has only had one. It also has cheaper reusable or partially reusable configurations.
I understand why we don’t want SpaceX to have a rocket launch monopoly, but still there has to come a point when we acknowledge that even though the goals were noble, a strategy has failed. And I think SLS is at that point.