09-18-2020, 12:16 PM
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Scale Modeler Extrodinare
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Everett, WA
Posts: 407
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Originally Posted by tbzep
I'm in a catch 22 in a way. I want NASA to return to its former glory and represent our country. However, I kind of want SLS to fail because I hate that it was designed off Shuttle components to "save money" (fill pockets of senators/reps) while going hugely over budget and years behind schedule.
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While I agree that SLS has become more of a pork barrel program than a realistic path to future space exploration, that's not what makes me the most angry. We're spending tens of billions of dollars to recreate the heavy lift capability that had with the Saturn V and simply discarded.
Vanel, when Apollo went to the moon, they were no longer within the primary influence of the earth's gravitational field - they were within the primary influence of the moon's gravitational field. Hence they were no longer in earth orbit. |