NASA megarocket blasts past cost estimates, forces Congress notification – Space.com

NASA’s new Space Launch System
(SLS) megarocket and associated ground infrastructure have soared past original cost estimates to a degree that requires the agency to notify Congress about the ballooning budget.
The recently appointed leader of NASA’s human spaceflight efforts, Kathy Lueders, announced the new cost estimates in a blog post published on Aug. 27.
“The new development baseline cost for SLS is $9.1 billion, and the commitment for the initial ground-systems capability to support t…

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