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OK, a more fair comparison. During the joint Senate-NASA presentation in September 2011, it was stated that the SLS program has a projected development cost of $18 billion through 2017, with $10 billion for the SLS rocket, $6 billion for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and $2 billion for upgrades to the launch pad and other facilities at Kennedy Space Center.
Do we really know what the true costs of the SLS program are?
I don't know but the SLS is a huge waste of money imo.
They could of used the existing shuttle large tank, its boosters, the shuttle main engines and most of the ground launching system to make an expandable rocket with planetary trajectory without slingshotting at a fraction of the cost.
But the politicians got involved and wanted more jobs programs for their states. That's all the SLS is, it doesn't even have a defined purpose yet. How fucking sad is that.