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ShadyRedditInvestor t1_j2s2rlw wrote

frankly, as it should. If you give them a blank check, you end up with SLS.

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bookers555 t1_j2s6buu wrote

No, thats what happens when you have to build a rocket to the specifications of politicians who know about space as much as a 2 year old toddler.

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electro1ight t1_j2swsp9 wrote

Yeah. And change their mind every 5 seconds. First it was supposed to resupply the ISS then go to Mars, then jk go yo the moon. So nasa said fuck y'all and built a swiss army knife that coulddd do all 3. Even if it took longer.

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RollinThundaga t1_j2s8s06 wrote

NASA didn't make the demand to reuse old shuttle parts and shuttle part suppliers.

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ShadyRedditInvestor t1_j2sayz2 wrote

But they sure were right there to provide a bunch of stuff we said we'd never use again due to safety concerns, huh?

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RollinThundaga t1_j2sbbj3 wrote

Yes, because the alternative was ignoring a direct order from Congress to do so.

"You were sure ready to shoot that armed home invader, huh?" This is what you sound like.

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ShadyRedditInvestor t1_j2sd6ck wrote

Congress has a 3rd grade understanding of space. They could have literally said "no, that stuff is proven to be unsafe"

Instead we got the senate launch system.

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RollinThundaga t1_j2sebvm wrote

You don't just say no to a congressional mandate written into your funding bill.

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ShadyRedditInvestor t1_j2sf6rv wrote

"sorry, those parts are not functional for a space mission, we've been waiting to scrap them".

You think the senate is going to go and put them together themselves?

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RollinThundaga t1_j2sguqd wrote

They can fire anyone who refuses

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ShadyRedditInvestor t1_j2shzpm wrote

Let em shoot themselves in the foot, rather than lining their pockets with unlimited blank checks.

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dern_the_hermit t1_j2thayf wrote

I don't think you understand how Federal funding works, and it's entirely due to lazy thinking.

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ShadyRedditInvestor t1_j2tl3qf wrote

I don't think you understand what "no, if you want to use items we retired for safety reasons to launch humans into space in order to line your own pockets, build it yourself" means. They can't force NASA to do shit, or they're going to find themselves with a lack of rocket scientists as they all flee to private companies.

This is actually the way to go, as the US government and by extension NASA have proven themselves completely incapable.

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UpintheExosphere t1_j2tq1qn wrote

The budget that went to SLS is completely separate from NASA's planetary science budget. There are different divisions for human spaceflight, earth missions, heliophysics, astronomy, planetary science, etc.

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ShadyRedditInvestor t1_j2tqopk wrote

Ah yes, i forgot that that a bunch of senators can assemble and fly a rocket.

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UpintheExosphere t1_j2tqt0m wrote

Did you mean to reply to someone else? This has nothing to do with what I said

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rocketsocks t1_j2vk9dm wrote

That's a completely different part of NASA. This is planetary science. Which is made up of uncrewed interplanetary spacecraft missions. Examples being: Cassini, Juno, New Horizons, Curiosity, Perseverance, DART, Lucy, Neowise, Osiris-Rex, etc. In general these missions have been considered to be extremely cost effective and well run.

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