[ExI] What happens to US space programs after November?

[Giulio Prisco]

I guess that, IF Trump is re-elected and IF his administration is
really in favor of ambitious space programs, sooner or later they will
be forced to realize that the SLS is far too expensive compared to
emerging commercial alternatives. But canceling the SLS and switching
Artemis to commercial launch/cargo providers would require major
political actions and backstage negotiations. It doesn't make sense
for the current administration to do that before November.

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 9:20 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 12:13 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>> Of course I agree that the SLS should be canceled and the money used
>> to buy launch and cargo services from Musk &co. But that would be a
>> political decision that only an administration with an ambitious space
>> program would make. Otherwise, better let large legacy companies and
>> their politicians continue to profit from the status quo.
>
>
> Whatever else can (and should) be said about Trump, he is in favor of ambitious space programs.  And yet, SLS does not look like it will be defunded this side of November.
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