Richard Shelby, senator with major influence over NASA, to retire

[Flyaway]

I don’t think this will do anything to de-rail the SLS gravy train.

Richard Shelby, senator with major influence over NASA, to retire

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), an influential senator who has long been an advocate for some NASA programs and critic of others, announced Feb. 8 he will not run for reelection next year.

spacenews.com

 

[Archibald]

As they say at NASAspaceflight "it will take much, much more than a retiring Shelby to kill SLS"... since 2010 it has been deply engrained - like a fucking tumor - deep inside NASA deep space plans.

 

[Michel Van]

There is reason why they nicknamed SLS the SENATE Launch System

In order to take out that Dinosaur you have Remove following congress men and Senators from:

Washington State - Boeing main Contractor and ULA and United Technologies Corporation
Louisiana - Michoud Assembly Facility - were core stage are build
Mississippi - John C. Stennis Space Center - testing SLS Core stage and engines
California, New York, Utah - Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems - build SLS Solid and tested in Utah
California & Washington State - ULA for Delta Cryogenic Second Stage
California & Colorado - Lockheed Martin - Orion Capsule with AIRBUS*
Connecticut - United Technologies Corporation - All engines used on SLS - part of Boeing...
Florida - Kennedy Space Center - Launch side of SLS
i not mention the sub-contractors other wise the list get too long.

*= Airbus give this also a international complications to stop SLS

interesting question, Texas gave SpaceX permission to build Starship/Superheavy in Boca Chica, because they not gain a big piece of SLS cake ?

 

[Grey Havoc]

interesting question, Texas gave SpaceX permission to build Starship/Superheavy in Boca Chica, because they not gain a big piece of SLS cake ?

Might be something to that.

 

[Byeman]

There is reason why they nicknamed SLS the SENATE Launch System

In order to take out that Dinosaur you have Remove following congress men and Senators from:

Washington State - Boeing main Contractor and ULA and United Technologies Corporation
Louisiana - Michoud Assembly Facility - were core stage are build
Mississippi - John C. Stennis Space Center - testing SLS Core stage and engines
California, New York, Utah - Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems - build SLS Solid and tested in Utah
California & Washington State - ULA for Delta Cryogenic Second Stage
California & Colorado - Lockheed Martin - Orion Capsule with AIRBUS*
Connecticut - United Technologies Corporation - All engines used on SLS - part of Boeing...
Florida - Kennedy Space Center - Launch side of SLS
i not mention the sub-contractors other wise the list get too long.

*= Airbus give this also a international complications to stop SLS

interesting question, Texas gave SpaceX permission to build Starship/Superheavy in Boca Chica, because they not gain a big piece of SLS cake ?

Boeing is headquartered in Chicago. Washington State has nothing to do with ULA.
Boeing SLS is in Huntsville.
UTC has nothing to do with SLS. Aerojet now own PW Rocketdyne
ULA has nothing to do with California. Its headquarters is in CO and production in AL
Utah is the only state that deals with the SRBs.

 

[Michel Van]

Boeing is headquartered in Chicago. Washington State has nothing to do with ULA.
Boeing SLS is in Huntsville.
UTC has nothing to do with SLS. Aerojet now own PW Rocketdyne
ULA has nothing to do with California. Its headquarters is in CO and production in AL
Utah is the only state that deals with the SRBs.

My error UTC own Rocketdyne and Pratt & Whitney, now sold rocket engine division to Aerojet in California
ULA in Co and AL is that Colorado and Alabama ?

on States like New York or Washington they support Northrop Grumman and Boeing
This is part of Power politic in Capitol Hill and they will support SLS if bring benefits for there States
even how litte this is...