Supply chain, Artemis program limit SLS use for science missions

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From SpaceNews.com:
"WASHINGTON — A limited supply chain and the demands of the Artemis program will prevent the use of the Space Launch System for alternative roles, such as launching science missions, until at least late this decade.

In a briefing about the SLS to the steering committee of the planetary science decadal survey July 7, Robert Stough of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center said that if scientists are contemplating missions that require the use of the SLS, they should be talking with NASA now to secure manifest slots no earlier than the late 2020s or early 2030s."

https://spacenews.com/supply-chain-arte ... cketReport

In other words, if any science mission was thinking about depending on the SLS, they better start considering alternatives...

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. In other words, if any science mission was thinking about depending on the SLS, they better start considering alternatives... smp

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