>>1479360It's not a troll. It is autistic enough that it "defends" the shuttle at all costs, but not autistic enough that it knows anything about the STS.
>>1479359>opinionThe wings/SSMEs have no function in orbit, but the shuttle has to take them to orbit anyway. The fuel expended could've been used to bring something actually useful up there, or even something fun, like a car.
>Literally nothing wrong with itMore expensive, more failure prone, decreases launch rate which effectively increases per-launch costs and makes expendables look cheaper by comparison. Their planning went from one launch a week to two a month to about one every other month.
>ConjectureFact, according to literally everyone. Just count the US manned missions past LEO after 1972 (hint: it's 0). Not a coincidence that Bush's Crew Exploration Vehicle speech was also his shuttle retirement speech.
>Go suck off ElonCan't. NASA is hogging him.
https://twitter.com/JimBridenstine/status/1251178705633841167https://www.space.com/spacex-wins-cargo-contract-nasa-gateway-moon-station.html 