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SpaceCowboy ,
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Is it ok to shit on NASA for dumping so much money into developing Starship?

Also the SLS doesn't seem much better. But at least they've been around the moon on the SLS.

Personally I'd rather they work on developing spacecraft that can be launch on Falcon 9 or Falcon 9 Heavies, even if it meant multiple launches and assembling things at the ISS before going to the Moon and onwards. Doing this during the Apollo era was difficult because docking operations weren't all that reliable and there was no ISS back then so giant rockets was the way to go. But things have changed and dumping insane amounts of money into building massive rockets seems like a waste of money and probably isn't as safe as using proven rocket systems.

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