V_Bomb2001

Eric is so transparent and shameless with his bias that it’s a wonder that people still take him seriously as a ‘journalist’. Maybe if he prays a little harder SLS will eventually go away lol. First of all, taking anything that comes out of EM’s mouth seriously is a massive brainlet moment. Secondly, in the exact same interview EM talked about SH doing “hundreds” of satellite launches before a crewed mission; so even IF SH somehow sticks to EM’s fictitious timeline, it won’t be taking crew to the Moon for a very long time. Thirdly, Congress and not public opinion or a mediocre former NASA administrator controls if or when SLS will go away or not.

I assume your referring to NROL-71 from January 2019 which was launched on Delta 4 Heavy, a particularly temperamental launch vehicle.

Personally, I prefer a successful test to constant failures, but hey, that’s just me...

OmegA has been progressing well recently: Also, has everybody just forgotten that Gateway itself is basically just a heavily modified Cygnus?