#EverydayAstronaut π July 14, 2022 #Muskβs primary goal is for the cost-per-tonne of thrust of #Raptor to be under $1,000 β this means Raptor needs to be ~$250,000 π΅ to produce https://everydayastronaut.com/spacex-raptor-engine-comparison
π November 6, 2022 #SpaceX ships #Starshipβs 200th π upgraded Raptor engine. SpaceX was also able to boost Raptor 2βs thrust by 25% π https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-200th-upgraded-raptor-engine
π May 1, 2020 #NASA will pay $146 million π°π°π°π°π° for each #SLS rocket engine. The #rocket needs four engines, and it is #expendable https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/nasa-will-pay-a-staggering-146-million-for-each-sls-rocket-engine
#everydayastronaut #musk #Raptor #SpaceX #starship #NASA #sls #rocket #expendable #launchcost #rocketscience #artemis #senatelaunchsystem
Introducing the #SenateLaunchSystem
"the system allowed the #aerospace #industry -- who was getting billions of dollars π° to build [the #SLS] -- to tell Congress they could do it by that time," #Garver said, explaining that the industry knew it'd be paid the same amount π° every year, #regardless of delays. "There was a #reverse incentive."
#NASA Inspector General Paul Martin : "We saw that the cost-plus contracts that NASA had been using to develop that combined #SLS and #Orion system work to the contractors' rather than NASA's #advantage." https://www.cnet.com/science/space/billions-behind-a-lunar-dream-why-nasas-artemis-i-moon-rocket-may-prove-unsustainable
#senatelaunchsystem #aerospace #industry #sls #garver #regardless #reverse #NASA #orion #advantage #artemis #launchcost #spacepolitics
#Shelby was a frequent #critic of commercial space in general and #SpaceX specifically. He did not believe private companiesβespecially those that did not do much business in #Alabama π° βshould receive government funding.
He also held the line in π 2019 when #NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine suggested that due to #delays with the rocket's development, it might be better to launch the #Orion spacecraft on SpaceX's #FalconHeavy #rocket π https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/so-long-richard-shelby-and-thanks-for-all-the-pork
π pork barrel : local projects that are given a lot of #government #money in order to win #votes https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/pork-barrel
#Artemis #SLS #Orion #SpacePolitics #LaunchCost #SenateLaunchSystem
#shelby #critic #SpaceX #alabama #NASA #delays #orion #falconheavy #rocket #government #money #votes #artemis #sls #spacepolitics #launchcost #senatelaunchsystem
#NYT π Sept. 2011 #Texas is home to #NASAβs Mission Control and #Florida is where NASAβs #rockets are launched from. The two #senators played key roles in writing the NASA blueprint and outlining many #specifics of the rocket they wanted NASA to build, leading critics to #sarcastically call it the #SenateLaunchSystem. Critics note that NASA has announced ambitious rocket plans before, only to cancel them as #costs #escalated and #schedules slipped https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/science/space/15nasa.html
#nyt #texas #NASA #Florida #rockets #senators #specifics #sarcastically #senatelaunchsystem #costs #escalated #schedules #artemis #sls #launchcost #spacepolitics
Introducing the #SenateLaunchSystem
"the system allowed the #aerospace #industry -- who was getting billions of dollars π° to build [the #SLS] -- to tell Congress they could do it by that time," #Garver said, explaining that the industry knew it'd be paid the same amount π° every year, #regardless of delays. "There was a #reverse incentive."
#NASA Inspector General Paul Martin : "We saw that the cost-plus contracts that NASA had been using to develop that combined #SLS and #Orion system work to the contractors' rather than NASA's #advantage." https://www.cnet.com/science/space/billions-behind-a-lunar-dream-why-nasas-artemis-i-moon-rocket-may-prove-unsustainable
#senatelaunchsystem #aerospace #industry #sls #garver #regardless #reverse #NASA #orion #advantage #artemis #launchcost #spacepolitics