@cstross@ovid This is true. As an executive at NASA, I was deeply involved in (and mortified by) the Constellation program at NASA, later rebranded as Artemis. Sen. Shelby had immense power over NASA’s budget and he got whatever he demanded. There were many machinations to assure that Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville had control of budgets and many tech decisions. It was (and is) pure Shelby Alabama pork. I quit NASA because of it.
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