RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116324995800817999

No one ever could really explain why #NASA needed a #SpaceStation around the Moon.

#NASA was giving billions 💰 of dollars to #Boeing to build a more powerful upper stage for the #SLS. And this new rocket required a $2 billion launch tower. The only purpose of this #boondoggle (besides political pork, of course) was to bring #Gateway modules to lunar orbit.