Aerojet Rocketdyne defends SLS engine contract costs, Space News “Maser declined to give the cost of an individual engine alone, without the additional labor and overhead. “There’s a lot of […]
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Only NASA Would Spend Billions To Make A Reusable Engine Disposable
NASA will pay a staggering $146 million for each SLS rocket engine, Ans Technica “However, this is not the true price of these engines. NASA has previously given more than […]
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NASA OIG: The SLS Mobile Launcher Program Has Big Problems
NASA OIG: Audit of NASA’s Development of Its Mobile Launchers “NASA has greatly exceeded its cost and schedule targets in developing ML-1. As of January 2020, modification of ML-1 to […]
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NASA SLS Cost Exceeds Congressional Agency Baseline Commitment
NASA OIG: NASA’S Management of Space Launch System Program Costs and Contracts, OIG “NASA continues to struggle managing SLS Program costs and schedule as the launch date for the first […]
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SLS Has Yet Another New Launch Date
Jurczyk: Artemis I to Launch in Mid-Late 2021, HLS Contracts Within Weeks, Space Policy Online “NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk said on Friday that the first launch of the Space […]
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Another SLS Launch Delay (Update with NASA Comment)
Sources report that the EM-1 @NASA_SLS launch is being delayed From Nov 2020 to TDB because EM-1 personnel are being shifted from EM-1 safety/software to EM-2 because EM-2 requires more […]
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More Fake SLS News From Boeing
More fake news in Facebook ads from @BoeingSpace As if Falcon Heavy (which has actually flown) New Glenn (to be built in vast factory buildings under construction), Starship (being tested) […]
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Boeing Uses Lobbyists And PR To Force Big Artemis Decisions
Boeing, NASA clash over push for Congress to fund new stage for moon rocket, Washington Post “In the Senate version of the NASA authorization bill for next year, lawmakers included […]
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What The SLS Budget Could Have Bought
Quick math. Assume $100 million for a @SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The $34 billion cost thus far of developing @NASA_SLS (which has not even flown) could have bought 340 Falcon Heavy […]
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SLS Sticker Shock At The White House
The White House puts a price on the SLS rocket–and it’s a lot, Ars Technica “The Europa mission could be launched by a commercial rocket,” Vought wrote to the chairman […]