Can anyone realistically challenge SpaceX’s launch superiority?
eMusk color His appointment as Donald Trump’s waste chief involves at least one glaring conflict of interest. One typical example of waste, which would be near the top of any contractor’s target list, is the Space Launch System (SLS), a rocket designed to carry payloads of 95 tons into orbit to support America’s plan to return astronauts to the moon. Adjusted for inflation, it has so far cost more than $30 billion, and has only been launched once. Furthermore, it has an obvious and much cheaper commercial competitor in the Starship, a larger capacity vehicle which, unlike a spacecraft SLS-Reusable. The spacecraft was developed by SpaceX. But, as the world knows, the president of SpaceX is Mr. Musk.