NASA Auditor Reveals 'Unsustainable' Cost for SLS Launches - ExtremeTech
3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 11 months ago
by Ryan Whitwam
by Ryan Whitwam
According to NASA's auditor, the high cost of SLS launches -- over $4.1B -- makes the rocket unsustainable. Starship is much cheaper.
NASA has been working on the Space Launch System (SLS) since it retired the Space Shuttle in 2011. The agency initially hoped to have the mega-rocket flying by 2016, but that proved to be a wildly op… [+2861 chars]
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