[DannyTN]

That moment when Earth itself becomes a rocket and nothing else matters.

[Vaquero]

Boeing crony capitalist crap. Go Spacex!

[Da Coyote]

NASA?
I remember when they were a great outfit.
Now?
Right down there with the FBI, CIA, Congresscritters, and the Just-Us Dept.

[bk1000]

Saturn V was a beast. Nothing like it before or since.

[brownsfan]

Ha. NASA is screwed. Why spend money on space/research when there are so many social justice needs?

[LibWhacker]

the SLS will have the capacity to carry more than 27 tons (24,000 kilograms) to the moon

Correct me if I'm wrong (as if Freepers need to be told that, lol), but that's just its liftoff weight. As far as I'm concerned it's not "carried to the moon" unless it lands there.

[Seruzawa]

Why is there so much interest in getting back to the moon? Why is there a space force? There has to be a real reason behind these efforts. The govts don’t do these things just because it might be nice.

[tennmountainman]

Behind schedule. Over budget. Way over.
Not reusable. It’s already outdated.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

—It’s the centerpiece of NASA’s Artemis program, a crewed mission to land, in language NASA frequently uses, “the first woman and next man” on the moon.—

Wonder if they’ll become founding members of the “Quarter of a Million Mile High Club”?

[gathersnomoss]

NASA....
Will be readjusted, starting 1/20.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

NASA will soon fire up the most powerful rocket ever built

Probably built at 10x the cost and 10x the development time it would have taken SpaceX to do it.

[Vaduz]

NASA is a acronym but the word nasa is a Hebrew word for to go up?.

[Svartalfiar]

When complete, if everything goes right, the SLS will have the capacity to carry more than 27 tons (24,000 kilograms) to the moon — much more than the 24 tons (22,000 kg) the Space Shuttle hauled into low-Earth orbit,

Much more? Really? That's a 12.5% increase in tonnage (but only 9.1% increase if you use kilograms!), decent, yes, but not what I would call "much more"..