It Happened! Something Bad Is Happening With NASA Artemis. SpaceX to Save...

It Happened! Something Bad Is Happening With NASA Artemis. SpaceX to Save...
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It Happened! Something Bad Is Happening With NASA Artemis. SpaceX to Save...
NASA's efforts to return astronauts to the Moon's surface and build a space station orbiting the Moon have just become even more costly.
Recently, a report revealed that the estimated cost of NASA's launch tower has skyrocketed to nearly $3 billion. This new figure is even close to the entire cost of developing the Starship program up to this point!
So, why did the costs increase to such an insane amount? And how did Elon Musk react?
Let’s find out on today’s episode of Alpha Tech:
It Happened! Something Bad Is Happening With NASA Artemis. SpaceX to Save...
Nasa's massive Space Launch System (SLS), a rocket designed to send the Orion spacecraft to the Moon, will need an entirely separate launch tower, called Mobile Launcher 2, starting with Artemis IV.
This is because that mission is designed to kick off the construction of NASA's Lunar Gateway space station, an outpost in lunar orbit, no earlier than September 2028. The additional launch mass means NASA will need an even more powerful variant of its already enormous SLS-and a stronger launch platform.
Building this tower won’t be cheap; NASA estimates it will cost up to $1.8 billion and will be completed by September 2027. Now, according to a new harsh report from NASA's Office of Inspector General (OIG), this tower could end up being much more expensive than initially expected. The office predicts that the 'total cost could reach $2.7 billion'-a bewildering figure that could significantly undermine NASA's ongoing efforts to establish a more permanent presence on and around the Moon.
It Happened! Something Bad Is Happening With NASA Artemis. SpaceX to Save...
OMG! No one wasn't surprised by this enormous number! Elon Musk, the head of SpaceX, with his large and small projects, even exclaimed, 'Holy smokes!' under a post about NASA's launch tower. Because, in reality, Elon Musk personally, for his space company and the entire trend of the current space industry, is moving towards the goal of reducing costs, making space exploration no longer considered a luxury.
With $2.7 billion in hand, you could do incredible things for SpaceX's services. Imagine renting 43 Falcon 9 rockets, each costing $62 million, to send a total of 762 tons of cargo into orbit. More interestingly, this mass is nearly 1/5 the weight of the launch tower itself! With an equivalent cost, we could even dream of sending the entire tower into space, skipping the intermediate steps.
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[@alanwilliams9310]

Stop giving the money to Boeing, and start looking after Spacex!

[@ThomasDillon-z6u]

An elephant is a mouse designed by NASA contractors. The General Accounting Office needs to take a hard look at NASA. There's way too much pork there. Space launch system is nothing more than a rocket built out of junkyard parts.

[@alphatech4966]

Yeah!

[@lonewolf025]

The SLS system was a dumb idea to begin with. If it was supposed to save money by reusing components like old shuttle engines, what happens once they're gone? Gonna cost tons extra to manufacture new ones. Stupid idea to save money.

[@alphatech4966]

But Nasa must continue or they will be the ones to suffer the consequences.

[@mercerconsulting9728]

Meanwhile, SpaceX builds TWO towers in a couple of years, at less than $150 million per tower. The difference in how these projects are managed is profound, and in my opinion further underscores why an Agile approach to project management is a far superior methodology.

[@garystrankman3841]

At this rate China will have a base on the moon and one on Mars before NASA gets this thing built!!

[@shellyhe]

Cancel SLS and associated projects ASAP. NASA, save some money. Give the workers other projects. Let SpaceX proceed with Falcon Heavy. Certify it for manned flights to the moon. Save some of the Starships planned for Mars missions in 2026 for the moon. Please!

[@RodneyRotten]

NussA hires by gender,color and decent of origin. Not by who is best for the job! That has been known for years,more political BS.

[@philsam4913]

Yeah well what do you expect when the guy in charge of NASA is a country singer, that's even worse than Bozo trying to look like he knew what he was saying to the Everyday Astronaut when he was shown round that supposed rocket facility which has NO DUST or even people working haha,yet when he did the SpaceX tour with Elon, it's EASY to see the difference with Elon still being head of engineering and design as he has been since he built the first rocket engine and now with his amazing team at SpaceX and especially Gwynne who took a chance when Elon asked her at the beginning,it's incredible how much tech they've all created since they said he was insane and ridiculed him to try and return rockets and land them for reuse, what a bunch of incompetent losers haha 🤔🚀🚀😲🍾🎉😂😂

[@coalsilvermuzzle3111]

The thing that gets me most about this new moon landing, is the time it is taking. It was only 8 years after Kennedy said we would land on the moon 1961, we had a man on the moon by 1969.

[@clarencehopkins7832]

This smells of corruption, follow the money!

[@criterionanalyst3067]

$3 Billion?!

[@alphatech4966]

Yeah!

[@kastenolsen9577]

If I was given more than $20 billion, we would already be on the moon. Especially using legacy components!

[@alphatech4966]

too much

[@The5hadow712]

If they need a station, so bad why don’t they move the space station?😢😂

[@raystevens687]

Well Bill not this time they are taking NASA to the cleaners you need to think this through. You need to have that fixed pricing so that they will stay on track and also they need workers there every day with out fail. They don't need to keep on milking it out. One other thing you might want SpaceX to look at the blue prints and check out the reasons why they are not working.

[@kastenolsen9577]

Cost plus is just a corporate profit mechanism. If NASA commits to a cost only with no overrides, then costs will come down.

[@BaldGeek83]

Cost plus was/is Boeing’s development method. It always resulted in cost overruns and results underruns.

[@alphatech4966]

The cooperating agency will have to bear the additional costs.

[@benjaminblair3619]

Congress stop all cost + contracts

[@cuthbertmilligen]

Why do you purposely blur document text?

[@raystevens687]

Well I think that SpaceX should intervene for NASA and that company that's building that launch pad needs to be escorted off of NASA grounds forever.

[@bico1592]

Thanks!

[@johnlansing2902]

Now dei shows it’s twist to efficiency in space flights ?

[@JimmyRussell-c2s]

Easily resolved"Starship will have a flexible docking bay tube.

[@trex856]

Fire Nelson

[@Sniper_Cat_71]

The existence of Starship and the HLS version completely makes SLS redundant, and I like giant rockets, but at what cost.....?

[@SliceofLife7777]

Blame congress.

[@paulwelton5672]

A large segment in the middle of this video is duplicated in the video.

[@XCX237]

Whats the fine for launching without a launch license?

[@WalterKazban]

I don't believe the FAAis that dumb...this country needs FAA TO STOP messing around with their lic for permission for that instead of BS they are pedding..on BS sillyness..they should be pushing and supporting SPACE X...CHINA ...RUSSIA don't give a d÷× about any FAA.

[@WalterKazban]

@XCX237 why need their permission...it's about CASH MONEY..General Accounting..needs to reel in FAA. I SAY that because tax payers money being used. To scre@ around with only one company..SPACE X Finds etc..powers to be should be finding FAA for not doing their job fairly..my opnion

[@LeaveMyFreedomBe]

33T, 130% GDP

[@lesliegabriel8695]

Corruption or incompetence, maybe both ? Stop in the name of sanity.

[@jmikewilliams]

Sensible subject, but rubbish, repetitive lashed together content. Take it down and re-edit to about 10 minutes. Not up to your usual standard

[@Aerial.Imaging]

Its not cheap to run the hollywood scripted events lol.

[@jamesmiller6834]

sounds like old ideas, old design parts, old expensive people. Too political. Congress is to blame also.

[@kastenolsen9577]

If NASA is going the private route, then the private sector should foot the bill. Would you fund the development of an aircraft and have the corporation make profit from private sales of an aircraft you paid to develop? Musk is doing just that! Paying for the development of starship.

[@garret8787]

That is the lowest IQ comment I have read in a while. Your envy/greed has blinded you. NASA doing it means: NASA has less money because of the expense of Artemis less money to spend on other space equipment. Also, withholding contracts from SpaceX means they have less money to advance their mission to explore the cosmos “first Mars and then the Stars.” You basically hate human advancement and space exploration.

[@christiantroy3034]

All Gold Plated, even the toilets

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Stop this stupid nonsense with ULA and Boeing

[@MichaelCarriger]

OLD NEWS

[@gtbproductions1]

Recycled news.

[@SliceofLife7777]

The Gateway is a crutch for an overpriced, under performing rocket that cannot match the flight capabilities of a 55+ year old Saturn V. Artemis needs a station, and a Starship to help it's bloated ass get to the moon and back.

[@73turbopinto]

PORK II

[@alphatech4966]

oh! No

[@fionajack9160]

It happened, that something bad is happening? How did Elon react? He was shocked, according to Techmap the other day

[@alphatech4966]

if you like that channel you can just follow that channel! thanks

[@fionajack9160]

@@alphatech4966 follow several channels, Nobody gets it all

[@jambothejoyful2966]

I’m going to stop watching this channel if I see another newspaper style grab headline

[@garystrankman3841]

Bye👋

[@tomellman2418]

I thought this site would be about science, technology and spaceflight. But as far as I can tell, it’s just SpaceX propaganda nothing more.

[@fionajack9160]

It’s mostly about SpaceX. Other than space probes, NASA doesn’t shine anymore. SpaceX is pushing access to space forward., the fastest

[@spammingeddie924]

It's a shame indeed.

[@alphatech4966]

We update everything

[@dwightmills9773]

Let me guess…. You are a liberal who hates Musk and therefore all his companies. Any good news regarding his companies is just evil propaganda. You also probably believe everything the Democrats tell you. Try thinking for yourself.

[@sdavid27]

To be fair, only SpaceX, Blue Origin and ULA have been making significant progress lately, since we don't know much about Blue Origin's progress with the new glenn all we get to talk about is NASA's and Boeing's terrible attempts at development, SpaceX and ULA.

[@robertbrander2074]

Make Believe Musk's BF Rocket can't do [JS] ... and it has a multitude of Problems ! ... Yet you Bots act like it's already Finished and Flying .... LOL ! 😕

[@sdavid27]

Well it has only been under development since 2016, (with the exception of the raptor engine) having a cost of 6 billion so far, that includes EVERYTHING even infrastructure required to launch, build and refurbish the rocket. Meanwhile the SLS has been under development since 2011, costing 11.8 billion (for the BLOCK 1 SLS only), this means the SLS 2 cost will get added to that AND no infrastructure is include in this price. so far and having only 1 succefull launch. Also this is ignoring that many components from the SLS are recycled from older craft like the space shuttle wich should have brought the cost down and that the SLS is not a reusable design. Starship will probably start flying commercially next year with a development cost of less than 10 billion and a fully reusable setup, wich means the starship will get more cargo for cheaper in orbit, AND MORE FREQUENTLY.

[@PyroRob69]

You must own stock in Boeing.

[@robertbrander2074]

@@sdavid27 Probably Not ... Right now , all Musk has is wishful thinking , grand claims and BS ... for a BF POS Rocket with a Multitude of Problems ... I wish it weren't so ... butt , that's Reality ...

[@young_quad_vet]

If all this money wasn't going into some big pockets NASA would have been out of business decades ago! This is exactly what happens when government gets involved in any big construction project. It's time to get the government out of space and let private industry do what it does best: Make America Great Again!

[@WWROGER]

How much of that cost has gone back to members of congress as political contributions?

[@roxter299roxter7]

Why does it have to be a mobile launch tower?

[@danboren6567]

Because of how NASA stacks it.

[@LaxmanDas-ue8fr]

Without lift I can do rocket propulsion this thing

[@alphatech4966]

what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!