/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11855223
SLS block 2 could launch Skylab 2, next big space telescope, direct Saturn/Jupiter missions and beyond.
It has biggest fairing ever.

>>10835266
>but furthermore the ridiculous size of the first stage means SLS is in effect designed to drop off its second stage directly into orbit.
Same Anon here. This is only half-true. For Block 1, you are entirely correct. If you wanted, you could easily out the whole freaking SLS core into orbit along with whatever payload you're carrying: that's how ridiculously overpowered it is.
For Block 1B it's not true, and that's honestly what the core is sized for. The EUS is key.