NASA's Space Launch System: is cancellation too good?
This was a very interesting read. I have seen many of these arguments posted before, even on HN, but I have never seen so many of them combined into one piece before.<p>I have seen the claims about Boeing upper-level being &quot;taken-over&quot; by Mcdonnell Douglas upper-level many times before in many places, yet I haven&#x27;t ever actually seen any evidence for it. Even in the linked article, there is none. Is it myth or fact? Genuinely curios. I think that that deserves it&#x27;s own story to be honest, since it seems to be quite the straight line between grubby MD upper-levels -&gt; Boeing &quot;take-over&quot; -&gt; SLS + other marred projects.<p>Regardless, for me the article instills a strong sense of helplessness by it&#x27;s account of a virtually invincible cabal of senators and lobbyists. It makes me think &quot;If Jim Bridenstein had to back down from cancelling it, how else are we able to?&quot;<p>As one of the comments say, I <i>really</i> do hope that this gets retweeted by Scott Manley, Tim Dodd, or Elon, in ascending order of preference.