[New] Space Launch System / Orion Discussion Thread

[magnemoe]

On 9/12/2023 at 3:46 PM, kerbiloid said:

The truth about SLS origins is revealed.

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I thought it was the Apollo launch escape system test first. Did they use the same method here? As in using an bundle of solid rocket inside the first stage?
Now the Apollo launch escape test was hilarious in that the makeshift rocket broke up in flight so it was an real launch abort who was even better  

[kerbiloid]

3 minutes ago, magnemoe said:

I thought it was the Apollo launch escape system test first.

Apollo shroud is cone, and this is recognizably ogive.

[tater]

This is without Orion (~$1.2B per?).

This is also "deliverables" and doesn't include ground systems costs, nor any amortization of R&D (which commercial contracts have to include, or eat, but taxpayers are on the hook for for SLS).