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

[Adrian Tymes]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 7:41 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> in the meantime, we could use the SLS as a really high-priced
> hotel.  Musk can haul tourists up there to it once the boosters are
> sufficiently advanced to take the occupant controls away.


Uh...what?

SLS is a rocket, not a location in orbit.  The only way it would work as a
hotel is if you repurpose its stages on the ground - which wouldn't leave
much room for guests, and be a major environmental challenge (read:
guaranteed to lose lots of money, possibly more than continuing to try to
build SLS as a rocket).
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