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NASA has to be trolling with the latest cost estimate of its SLS launch tower (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by llamacoffee@lemmy.world to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

According to a new report from NASA's inspector general, the estimated cost of the tower, which is a little bit taller than the length of a US football field with its end zones, is now $2.7 billion.

This is a remarkable explosion in costs as, only five years ago, NASA awarded a contract to the Bechtel engineering firm to build and deliver a second mobile launcher (ML-2) for $383 million, with a due date of March 2023. That deadline came and went with Bechtel barely beginning to cut metal.

Oof, that's a rather steep increase.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

least incompetent old space contractor

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

Seriously. Bechtel fucked up Boston’s Big Dig by a few billion too.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Does "least incompetent" = "most competent"? I'm not that familiar with Bechtel.