I've often been surprised that NASA invested so much in a motorized mobile launch platform for the Space Launch System when they could have hired workers at the Cape to pull it from the VAB to the pad with ropes. #Jobs
— Rand Simberg (@Simberg_Space) September 5, 2024
I’m surprised NASA hasn’t mandated a replacement of the diesels in the crawler-transporter with solar cells and lithium batteries. Make it a true EV, rather than a hybrid.
Well, we’re only halfway through the decade. There’s still time…