/sci/ - Science & Math

>>14798830
>$40+ Billion
>21 years
>cant reuse engines from a reusable launch system
no wonder space is hard when you're a massive retard

Just to put some things into perspective, if Apollo was managed like how SLS is, then Apollo 4 would happen in 1971, Apollo 8 on 1980, and Apollo 11 on 1981 (most likely 1983).

>>12286498
>It always boggles my mind when they brag about it being the most expensive object ever built like that's something to be proud of
space is hard

>>12172448
>Why not give it a goddamn try before you commit to a giant meme station that's gonna eat up the entire space program's budget for decades?
Space is hard. It ain't that easy in rocketry.

>>12074431
t.

>>12011685

>>12004707
>2 billion
>SS launch costs predicted 2 million
literally 1000x the difference

>>11741293

>>11718042
>10 years to build a leaky propellant tank
>10
>fucking
>years

>>11689315
>limiting factor in spaceflight is money
>so lets spend even more money rather than try to drive down costs

>>11669571
Typical of that era. A way to make space flight cheaper and easier is proposed, but gets cancelled or developed improperly because political reasons.

>>11647759

>>11591023

>>11574293
Care to share some fun examples?

>>11402266
It doesn't have to be expensive either. It also doesn't have to send up useless junk to justify the existence of a gutted shell of an agency that can't even make a new rocket out of spare parts without messing it up.

>>11362515
Hammers are hard. We want to make sure that we get only the best quality hammer that passes our many one-time toughness and handling tests, from a state far far away.

>>11331940

>>11084304
cringe