Even if it had worked, it was a dead end after Artemis. Right?

There isn’t a replacement? For what? SLS doesn’t exist! What’s being replaced if SLS finally does? I don’t know...but if you allocate the next 5 years’ money (that WOULD have been thrown at Alabama for absolutely dick) at something useful....

I did a feature for Digital Trends back in 2016 on the “new” space race and interviewed several people who told me the SLS was both a dead end and a boondoggle, especially in light of what Musk had on tap (Falcon Heavy had not flown yet).

“If SLS is canceled, there isn’t a straightforward replacement.”

Ummm.. Starship? Am I missing something here?

The article is conflating bandwidth with transmission time (which is essentially lag), and these are not the same thing at all.

Umm any robot can be a sex robot, stop being so closed minded.