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TrippedBreaker t1_itc7saj wrote

Reply to comment by TimeTravelingChris in NASA orders 3 more Orion crew capsules for Artemis moon missions by Apart_Shock

So there is nothing currently flying that could replace SLS. Until Falcon Heavy is man rated or Starship shows it can do the deed, SLS is the only game in town, assuming that it can fly.

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AmishRocket t1_itc9krg wrote

“This spaceship can do everything but fly” is not a huge selling point.

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TrippedBreaker t1_itcf381 wrote

I'm not trying to sell it. It is what it is. Currently nothing is man rated for the Moon. Even SLS. I'll take whoever can get there and call it good. SpaceX, Boeing or whoever. I'm agnostic as to who. I want to see us go back.

I don't see this as a zero sum game where to succeed SLS must fail.

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Darwins_Dog t1_itcdgtj wrote

There's no game in town at all. SLS has yet to move under it's own power.

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sumelar t1_itchi1w wrote

SLS is not in town yet.

Falcon Heavy could do the job tomorrow if it came down to it. SLS would get put on the pad, hydrogen would cause another leak, and it wouldn't go anywhere.

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TrippedBreaker t1_itcl89z wrote

Well that's one way of looking at it. Like most races we'll see who crosses the finish line first.

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