Could it be in the interest of some of the commercial crew companies to have the whole program delayed? To avoid a downselect at a time when only SpaceX is ready to launch crews?
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Wow. That's the strongest I've read from Chris on SLS being a problem.
1. SpaceX is hardly in a position to be ready to launch crews. I would recommend against turning this into another "anti-SpaceX" conspiracy thread. 2. None of this surprises me personally. Some saw this train wreck coming for years......
I would say SLS isn't the problem, it is the lack of a 56 ton payload to deliver to ISS that is the problem.
Quote from: Go4TLI on 07/18/2013 08:30 pm1. SpaceX is hardly in a position to be ready to launch crews. I would recommend against turning this into another "anti-SpaceX" conspiracy thread. 2. None of this surprises me personally. Some saw this train wreck coming for years......1. 2016 if we are lucky.2. Many of us did - for different reasons coming from different perspectives. No one in a position to change things wants to hear it. VRRE327