Well I did call him the Giant Tiger Dr. Evil but no one got the reference.

Space Launch System (SLS) is a joint project of Roketdyne, Boeing and Lockheed Northrop Grumman. My issue is that Boeing is not getting enough shit and the other two are not even known.

edit, got Northrop and lockeed mixed up.

Agreed.

Yeah, but NASA does not actually make rockets anymore. All of these companies get money from NASA not instead of NASA.

Its the Costco store brand, not really relating it to a city in a foreign nation. But the reason bazos is Temu brand is just since its funny. Feel free to call them <insert what ever> brand Dr. evils though.

Same for Boeing, Rocketdyne, Northrop Grumman and the like. Why are they getting a pass?

Blue Origin

From what I can find At least $2.5 billion. So maybe kirkland branded Dr. Evil (musk) is better at spending then Temu Dr. Evil.

Yes, it is clearly in the billions. I also get angry that Boeing, Northrop Grumman (the $50k for a hammer people) and the like keep getting a free pass wasting truck loads of money without delivering.

I am arguing in good faith, this is what I could find on the prices (and since this is a private (not publicly traded) company I do take it with a grain of salt). I think you might have a bit more emotionally tied up in this then you are willing to admit.

For more fun I started to look at some of the other development costs of Space X rockets.

Starship (the big spender) : $5 billion to $10 billion

Falcon Heavy : Over $500 Million

Falcon 9 : $300 Million

Falcon 1: $100 Million

Like I dislike the kirkland brand Dr.evil as much as the next dood, but I think boeing might just have a spending issue.

SLS cost to develop so far: US$23.8 billion nominal

Falcon 9 cost to develop so far (note this was for falcon 9 1.0)(estimate): US$300 million

Once again, not even close.

Even ignoring all the other aspects of one working and the other not; The big one is even with the musk grift the cost to taxpayers is orders of magnitude different.

SLS is Over US$2 billion excluding development (estimate) per launch. While Space X just upped their cost estimates in 2022 to $67 million per launch.

I was trying to trick the bingilator into making something I did not expect. Also I was just told to pick up bananas if I had the chance…

Its funny at that point of my life I would have moved for the right job, but these where often my literal job but in a worse place.

It was nice to see the line go down

Hey at least it is in the same city, I used to get ones for 2000 Km away.

But what if I stuff a turkey’s succulent ass with the amazing flavor sponge that is tofu?

Really what is with peoples dislike of a bean product? I never got why tofu is seen as gross.

The ones before the mention where not better…

So many made, but this one bugs me.

The question is why? Having big corporations beyond the control of regulation should not be as normalized as it is.