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Comment by jryle70 | original | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
[−]jryle70 · 2026-08-29 Sat 18:15 UTC · link
> the president giving no bid contacts to incompetent donors

Are you talking about SLS?

Oh maybe you'd say that is "Senate Launch System", it's complicated, job program, 50 states sharing, and so on?

[−]jeltz · 2026-08-30 Sun 07:52 UTC · link
At least it works unlike Starship. But yes both SLS and Starship are handouts to political donors.
[−]inemesitaffia · 2026-08-30 Sun 09:30 UTC · link
But the Starship contracts were awarded by Biden.

And unlike SLS weren't no-bid