At this point, most probably yes. But this assumes SLS is a program driven by requirements beyond being a massive pork cannon. Which it isn’t.

Commercial Crew and SLS have two entirely different purposes: one to be a “space taxi” for round trips to and from ISS, the other for hitherto un-named exploration missions diverting funds to the contractors (and Congressional districts) who built the Space Shuttle.

Well, we got Von Braun.

Wadded up in the harbor, or wadded up in dry dock, is still wadded up.

Oh no! Not peoples cable and internet services! The humanity! Wont someone think of the children!?

And if Vladimir Chelomei hadn’t been so hell-bent on undermining Korolev and pushing his own overly-ambitious designs. In-fighting did a lot to derail the Soviet space programme.

I wouldn’t even call it style over substance. I would call it fashion over function. Apple is consistently 3-4 years following mainstream standard hardware adoptions while jumping at endless number of dead-end solution sets that leave consumers with dusty hardware and zero options. This results in things like an…

My god. Thank you for sharing your story. And thank you for being honest about the pressure to have a so-called thick skin when it comes to degrading, sexist, and sometimes violent behavior. We've been taught for so long to just take it. All of it.