I was very happy to see the SLS succeed on its first launch, they did a great job. But it is also a boondoggle of a project costing us billions and taking over a decade to reconfigure space shuttle components. The space shuttle was also an amazing accomplishment but also stupid, costing more than twice as much to get cargo to orbit than a normal rocket would have, while being more dangerous too.
Starship meanwhile costs you nothing, and the "Fix" for the launchpad isn't a bandaid, it was planned before the old pad failed because they knew the old pad was failed, and if it works, it will be an order of magnitude cheaper than SLS.
Might not work though! Good thing it doesn't cost taxpayers anything.
SLS was the safe bet and I can't imagine NASA opting for a risky one - and should have been even safer had they reused more of the Shuttle's parts. Starship is yet to demonstrate the same capability.
But yes. SLS is hideously expensive and severely limits our ability to leave the Earth.
Starship meanwhile costs you nothing, and the "Fix" for the launchpad isn't a bandaid, it was planned before the old pad failed because they knew the old pad was failed, and if it works, it will be an order of magnitude cheaper than SLS.
Might not work though! Good thing it doesn't cost taxpayers anything.