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   On 2022-11-16 6:04 AM, Alain Fournier wrote:   
   > SLS launched this morning. It was spectacular. NASA showed us again that   
   > they really know how to run a boondoggle.   
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   > Alain Fournier   
      
   *snicker*   
      
   The point I think, as was pointed out to me elsewhere, is that getting   
   SLS off the pad now enables Starship/SuperHeavy to perform either an   
   orbital or sub-orbital test without any political road-blocks being   
   thrown in its way to prevent an embarrassment to NASA.   
      
   I'm happy SLS got off the ground. I'd be even more happy if it were   
   reconfigured to deliver cargo only and we could use up the supply of   
   this expensive, ill-conceived rocket to put one and done cargo into   
   space. Perhaps in either lunar or Lagrange Point orbits.   
      
   Not a big fan of the gateway/toll-booth either....   
      
   Dave   
      
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