/sci/ - Science & Math

>>6409432
It was "over budget, behind schedule, and lacking in innovation". A review had concluded that it would cost on the order of $150 billion for Constellation to reach its objective if hewing to the original schedule.

The only part of constellation was the commercial crew and cargo section which was designed to offload iss support. Too bad it (the cheapest part of constellation) was underfunded.

>>>/wiki/ In 2009, concerned by price increases on the program, U.S. President Obama ordered a review of the project which indicated that both returning to the Moon and manned flights to Mars were out of NASA's current budget. The Augustine panel proposed various options that included two primary destination points (the Moon, and Deep Space), three different types of Super Heavy Launch vehicles, and utilizing Commercially based crew to LEO transport systems, as well as a robust research and development program that would include work on propellant depots.

Which he proceeded to ignore because he's a bastard.

>President Obama's response to critics is that an additional US$6 billion would be paid to private companies for shuttling astronauts to and from it after the Space Shuttle program ends.

All my rage when COTS level D received no funding at all because Obama's a bastard.

At least we ended up with CCDev which has never been fully funded because bastards.

>>6409493
>No they didn't. They got a winged reentry vehicle that's launched on an expendable rocket and does nothing to contribute to its launch.
I thought that qualified #Buran

>>6383477
Fuck money, get bitches.