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Will NASA focus on the SpaceX and Blue Origin launchers?

Problem: the SLS costs a lot and is behind with development

NASA is planning to withdraw plans for the design, development and use of the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion space shuttle, because the costs are very high, but above all because SpaceX -of Elon Musk- and Blue Origin -of Jeff Bezos- are working to create two reusable and more accessible economically viable big launchers, namely the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) and the New Gleen. In fact, NASA could...

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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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