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seanflyon t1_isrnrgu wrote

Reply to comment by FTR_1077 in NASA outlines case for making sole-source SLS award to Boeing-Northrop joint venture by jeffsmith202

> Elon said that will never happen

Do you have a source for that? Specifically that they would not do it for a paying customer? From what I recall they have said the opposite. You may have heard a statement that they don't think they will ever have a customer want to pay to human rate FH when Starship is better and cheaper.

> SLS is ready to carry humans right now

Either it is ready or it is not. It needs to be tested first and will not be ready to carry humans for a few years assuming everything goes according to plan. It would be ridiculously dangerous to put humans on an untested rocket, not to mention the capsule on top does not yet have a full life support system and the Artemis 1 launch will not have a working launch escape system.

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Apprehensive_Note248 t1_issetky wrote

I don't know how one can say it's ready for humans now, but needs testing first with a straight face. That is literally not being ready.

SLS apologists...

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