SLS Cost Overrun Triggers Congressional Alert

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The cost of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket continues to soar, with new estimates reaching more than $18 billion before the booster’s debut in 2021 and a price tag of nearly $23 billion if a crewed flight test slips to 2023. So concludes NASA Inspector General Paul Martin, whose office...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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