>>12036659>SLS was designed to lift employment.That's a really funny way to say it, made worse in that it is true.
Blame the US government for being nothing than a lobbyist meeting group.
>>12036662Every technology SLS use are old technologies so they can keep the same factories (and job) going without having to invest and take risk.
Anyone who suggest change is shown the way out by the lobbyist who feel his job threatened.
I consider national space agency to be the only way to get useful things done, but the US have been such a failure, the EU can't compete, Russia can't afford change, China shouldn't bring change, India are too young...
...at least SpaceX will show that you can still achieve engineering breakthrough if you care to try new idea.
Shit, I'm ranting again.
