Comments on: SLS rolled back to launch site for dress rehearsal countdown https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-rolled-back-to-launch-site-for-dress-rehearsal-countdown/ Thu, 09 Jun 2022 20:15:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-rolled-back-to-launch-site-for-dress-rehearsal-countdown/#comment-1336532 Thu, 09 Jun 2022 20:15:45 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=85346#comment-1336532 In reply to Gary.

Gary: See my essay on this IG report, posted two hours ago.

]]> By: Gary https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-rolled-back-to-launch-site-for-dress-rehearsal-countdown/#comment-1336492 Thu, 09 Jun 2022 16:32:26 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=85346#comment-1336492 SLS Tower news coming this week.

https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1534534706095595521?s=21&t=yReKdJCGhKfuxYygJE3u8g

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-rolled-back-to-launch-site-for-dress-rehearsal-countdown/#comment-1335948 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 21:21:40 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=85346#comment-1335948 This rocket is threatening to log more miles on the ground than it will in the air.

]]> By: David https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-rolled-back-to-launch-site-for-dress-rehearsal-countdown/#comment-1335737 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 01:43:42 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=85346#comment-1335737 Am I paranoid to wonder if the Biden regime might try to take SpaceX from Elon Musk?
Yes, I am.

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-rolled-back-to-launch-site-for-dress-rehearsal-countdown/#comment-1335707 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 21:57:19 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=85346#comment-1335707 Well, I did use the term “bizarre possibility”.

]]> By: markedup2 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-rolled-back-to-launch-site-for-dress-rehearsal-countdown/#comment-1335697 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 20:28:48 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=85346#comment-1335697 the public uproar is so loud that Biden sees the chance to win votes in November by issuing an Executive Order to allow SpaceX to proceed!

Ha ha ha, <gasp>, ha ha ha, <gasp>

You greatly overestimate the number of people who care about SpaceX and greatly underestimate the ability to manufacture votes. “win votes [based on supporting American business]” – how quaintly last century.

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-rolled-back-to-launch-site-for-dress-rehearsal-countdown/#comment-1335685 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 19:07:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=85346#comment-1335685 If the SLS passes its wet dress rehearsal, and EPA gives SpaceX the go-ahead in mid-June, we could see the start of an epic race between SLS and Starship to be the first to fly! If SpaceX gets to fly from Boca Chica, it may well win, but if it has to re-position to Cape Canaveral, SLS probably has the advantage. So SLS may hold the title of largest rocket to fly, but the smart money says it won’t be for long!

Or will SpaceX be presented with a set of compliance requirements that are achievable enough to tempt it to continue efforts at Boca Chica until they can be met? An even more bizarre possibility looms… what if SpaceX is blocked, but the public uproar is so loud that Biden sees the chance to win votes in November by issuing an Executive Order to allow SpaceX to proceed! Just think, it might force Musk to keep a low profile instead of being anti-Biden, and certainly win votes in south Texas, where Dems are in trouble anyway!

I hope SpaceX gets approval to launch and we have a clean race! If they do, I’ll bet they win!

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