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> Look at what he’s done after the first launch.

Blew up the second launch?



That is correct, but there is much more success than failure if you look into it unbiased, they delivered all commit tasks and then some stretch ones too.

Based on your response I won’t go any deeper, it would be time wasting, you appear to have made up your mind already.


How many launches did SLS need?


One in over a decade, for $23 billion.

(And it's arguablely a failure, as the Senate is still earthbound, and likely to remain so for the forseeable future.;))


How many successful launches do they have in total? How many did they have 5 years ago?

Elon delivered when nobody did, now it’s quite a bit easier.


Such a ridiculous comparison. SLS started 5 years earlier and had 10-20x the budget, and it uses mostly legacy components. SLS uses existing mature engines. Existing production facilities. And so on.

If SpaceX had ask themselves, can we make a Super-Heavy of SLS class and launch it the first time, SpaceX could have almost certainty have done that.

But that not the goal or the ambition of the project.




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