NASA’s original flight director calls agency’s direction a “tragedy” | Ars Technica

Kraft is derisive of new heavy lift capability, stating that instead of focusing on the ability to lift cargo 120 tons at a time—one of SLS' primary goals—NASA should use existing launch vehicles with lower payload capacities and lower operational costs, like Atlas, Delta, and the European Ariane. "We've got those smarts, we've learned that, we have that institutional knowledge, and yet we're ignoring it," he laments. "It's a tragedy. It really is."



http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/09/nasas-original-flight-director-calls-agencys-direction-a-tragedy/


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