Rand Simberg points out yet more reasons why the Space Launch System is nothing but a cathedral building jobs program.
I would disagree. Cathedral building at least produced something of beauty that lasted for centuries. SLS is more like a strip mine where there are no resources to be had. It keeps loads of people working digging the hole… until the public catches on to the fact that there is nothing there.
At which point the operations shuts down and reconvene to build the next road to nowhere somewhere else. What the public catches onto matters not one jot sadly.
Curse! I looked up the Space Launch System and the article mentioned Orion. I thought this was going to be really, really cool tech.