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PhilosophusFuturum t1_iwe0gbb wrote
I did a little jig when I found out that Kelly won re-election and that Shelby was retiring. And I guarantee you some higher-ups at NASA popped some Champaign over the news.
toodroot t1_iwd6pzs wrote
Senator Shelby's replacement is his former chief of staff, Katie Britt.
Edit: mo info
termsofsurrender t1_iwdahd3 wrote
Will she have the same political power as Shelby? Same committee seats?
toodroot t1_iwdb3aq wrote
No, she starts with no seniority.
Tuna-Fish2 t1_iwglu18 wrote
It doesn't matter who the Alabama senator is, or from which party. The economy of the state benefits so disproportionally from the program that anyone who gets elected will find themself in support of it.
What matters is that Shelby is one of the most influential senators, because of his seniority and connections. Whoever replaces him won't have that, and the federal spigot to Alabama is going to be turned a lot lower for a while.
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GreenAdvance t1_iwcv01i wrote
The head mod spent years trying to keep the $500 million cost of SLS on the Wikipedia page with edit wars despite solid references at the time it was $2+ billion. We now know it's $4+ billion.
Excluding Orion.
JapariParkRanger t1_iwd4yca wrote
Wow you're not kidding. Check out the old talk page, he's very obvious:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Space_Launch_System&oldid=977939859
TheBroadHorizon t1_iwdptmi wrote
Wikipedia talk pages are possibly my favorite source of online drama.
toodroot t1_iweo86s wrote
Interesting to see how much power a toxic person can wield on Wikipedia vs Reddit -- on Wikipedia only prolific editors can be successfully toxic, whereas on Reddit, if you're a sub mod, you're good to go.
toodroot t1_iwe2itq wrote
Some folks in this sub are toxic, too -- notice the 3 people in this conversation bringing up Covid, hurricanes, and mystical beings?
Basedshark01 t1_iwc51g8 wrote
I wouldn't be surprised. 2028 ensures the pork keeps flowing to contractors, in turn keeping the lobbying dollars coming into Congress, which is the entire purpose of this program in the first place
Conscious_Exit_5547 t1_iwc9qbz wrote
Is that who's responsible for the go no-go call? Nostro-fucking-domas?
LaunchTransient t1_iwczjob wrote
My Almanac says the chances are very good
ferrel_hadley t1_iwcu5d1 wrote
Starship will fly Dear Moon and the other private mission before SLS Artemis are ready to land on the Moon.
Its going to be a match in a fireworks factory in terms of how the public will react.
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This_Username_42 t1_iwc58ne wrote
I like how we are talking about humans pushing our outer limits for exploration, but within the context of believing that some magical oracle man can guess the future
Chairboy t1_iwc920i wrote
I assume from your comment that english isn't your first language and before anything else, I'd like to commend you for your clarity. I speak a couple other languages but nowhere near as well as your english.
In english, it's common to use hyperbole or colorful imagery sometimes. In this case, calling someone who made an accurate prediction an 'oracle' is colorful imagery. They're praising the accuracy of a controversial statement made five years ago that ended up being correct. Calling them an 'oracle' in this context is like saying they've exercised super-human prescience (ability to see the future).
This is the kind of thing that wouldn't be obvious to a non-native speaker (or, I suppose, a native speaker who hadn't made it past middle school maybe) so it's completely understandable, I hope my explanation helped.
Regnasam t1_iwd343a wrote
This is a serious Reddit moment
Chairboy t1_iwd4pop wrote
Heh, I was trying to bust their chops for getting hung up on ‘oracle’ and I guess that upset a bunch of people.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I forget sometimes there are people who actually need the /s to understand sarcasm. That, or I just need to rite betterer.
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This_Username_42 t1_iwemshp wrote
No no please crucify me I’ve been waiting for this
JapariParkRanger t1_iwcmai3 wrote
It's time for you to stop posting.
Hussar_Regimeny t1_iwdw4rd wrote
Crazy that he managed to predict the months long delay from COVID and the hurricanes. Too bad he didn’t warn the CDC about it
toodroot t1_iwdzohp wrote
I don't see any predictions about Covid or hurricanes in the article. Are we reading the same one?
Hussar_Regimeny t1_iwe4x57 wrote
That tweet Berger made in 2017 about A1 being in 2023. A1 would have launched earlier this year or later late last year had COVID not slowed and delayed work on everything. Also that storm that stopped work at Michourd that slowed work for a few months in 2018. Took time to clean and repair after that. Not to mention hurricane Ian last time A1 tried to launch
Impossible to predict events (COVID especially). That 2017 was pure ass-pull nothing about him is an oracle
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termsofsurrender t1_iwc2n3n wrote
For me, the big takeaway is that Senator Shelby (R-AL) is retiring. This changes the context of Artemis funding in regards to SLS. However, as SLS has subcontractors in all 50 states, this change may mean nothing.
As an aside, I find Berger is entirely satisfactory as a space rocket journalist.