SpaceX ’s rocket just is n’t big enough to please NASA , Boeing says . Should n’t a openhanded , important blank agency be looking for a longer , more powerful rocket to satisfy its deep - space desire ?
Ars Technica ’s Eric Berger report :
late , Boeing created a website address “ Watch US Fly ” to promote its aerospace industry — a catch purse of everything from Chinese tariffs to President Trump ’s visit to the company ’s facility in St. Louis . Among the most intriguing section is one that encourage the company ’s Space Launch System ( SLS ) rocket and argue that SpaceX ’s Falcon Heavy booster is “ too small ” for NASA ’s deep geographic expedition programme .
Boeing’s Space Launch System. It’s big.Image: NASA/Evan-Amos/Ryan F. Mandelbaum (NASA/Wikimedia Commons)
Berger goes on to explicate that NASA has n’t yet build anything boastful enough to take such a large garden rocket . to boot , the Boeing SLS in its current contour would n’t be the most powerful rocket ever , and would need billions of dollars and a decade to reach that milepost .
I ’m sorry , Boeing , but it sound like you ’re trying to compensate for something . The same website offersfive reasonsthat the SLS is the best rocket : “ most sinewy , ” “ world ’s large , ” “ flexible , ” “ American - made , ” and “ expertise . ” If this is n’t an positive sales pitch for a sexual encounter , then I do n’t know what is .
So , do n’t pick Boeing because you need it , America , because you do n’t . Pick it because it ’s enormous .
[ Ars Technica ]
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