Is NASA’s SLS Doomed?

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https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/1828458852586525075

Lord help us, the new cost estimate of NASA's Mobile Launcher-2 project is now a mind-boggling $2.7 billion......

The original cost estimate was $383 million......

https://oig.nasa.gov/office-of-inspe...her-2-project/

NASA’s Management of the Mobile Launcher 2 Project

NASA is developing a second mobile launcher (ML-2)—the ground structure used to assemble, transport, and launch the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule—to support larger variants of the SLS beginning with the Artemis IV mission.

ML-2’s cost and schedule are not sustainable despite NASA’s efforts to improve project performance.

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