tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post4045836121728520..comments2024-03-29T09:08:47.702-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: SLS Core Stage Now In the VAB on the Kennedy Space Center SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-90021344572727631462021-04-30T19:01:02.925-04:002021-04-30T19:01:02.925-04:00SLS needs to be cancelled. NASA should concentrate...SLS needs to be cancelled. NASA should concentrate on building spacecraft that ride on commercial rockets. And this is from someone living in the same town as MSFC....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-58809374172703112602021-04-30T16:23:23.322-04:002021-04-30T16:23:23.322-04:00NASA is a jobs program [...] I suppose it's be...<i>NASA is a jobs program [...] I suppose it's better than just mailing free money to taxpayers.</i><br /><br />No, it's far worse. NASA's purposes are gun control (no private ICBMS), iron curtain (no escaping to the frontier only 100 miles away), and destroy wealth that would otherwise be spent on practical space.<br /><br />The shuttle showed NASA has already lowered engineering standards for rockets like colleges did for minorities. NASA is on the way to conquer the world, just like the Soviet Union did. Plan now for what items you want to salvage after the hyperinflation collapse. For instance, I think the VAB would make a nice hackerspace, and there's plenty of alligators around to play battlebot with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-15380417903162494532021-04-30T10:11:43.926-04:002021-04-30T10:11:43.926-04:00Ditto on the language. On everything else, please ...Ditto on the language. On everything else, please remember that NASA is a jobs program, and they've reached the point where they fill in holes that others are paid to dig. I suppose it's better than just mailing free money to taxpayers.Malatropehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130944283006020214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-76241511587558944482021-04-29T22:25:27.780-04:002021-04-29T22:25:27.780-04:00SiG - that same phrase jumped out at me. I HATE st...SiG - that same phrase jumped out at me. I HATE stuff like this in an incredibly complex and dangerous engineering project. What's the overriding goal of this project, to safely and successfully return to the moon or to be able to put another checkbox in the scoresheet for identity politics? Frankly, that kind of statement in a government run effort gives me no confidence of success.The Neon Madmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09471284462048509853noreply@blogger.com