From: jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com   
      
   In article <69c5a710-671c-4905-aad7-af6d6834b341o@googlegroups.com>,   
   dumpster4@hotmail.com says...   
   >   
   > "In an interview with Politico published Friday morning in the publication's   
   Space   
   > newsletter, Bolden was asked what might happen during the next four years.   
   >   
   > ?SLS will go away," he said. "It could go away during a Biden administration   
   or a   
   > next Trump administration? because at some point commercial entities are   
   going to   
   > catch up. They are really going to build a heavy lift launch vehicle sort of   
   like   
   > SLS that they will be able to fly for a much cheaper price than NASA can do   
   SLS.   
   > That?s just the way it works.?   
   >   
   > Bolden remains a popular and influential voice in the space community, but   
   he no   
   > longer has a direct say in US space policy. Perhaps because he no longer has   
   to   
   > answer to Congress for NASA budgets, he is also free to speak his mind. In   
   any   
   > case, his comments reflect the general sentiment in the space community?at   
   least   
   > outside of the traditional contractors like Boeing and Northrop Grumman who   
   > directly benefit from SLS development?that the SLS rocket will eventually go   
   > away."   
   >   
   > See:   
   >   
   > https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/former-nasa-administra   
   or-says-sls-rocket-will-go-away/   
      
   He's right you know.  Artemis only "needs" SLS to launch Orion.  All   
   other Artemis launches will be on commercial launch vehicles.   
      
   Something coming to fruition like a crew carrying Starship negates the   
   "need" for both SLS and Orion.   
      
   Jeff   
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