LEGO Puts 8.8 Million Pounds of Thrust on Your Desk and the Milky Way Galaxy on the Wall

Back in February 2024 we stumbled upon a LEGO Ideas project centered around NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Back then, the Danish toymaker listed the project as being under review, meaning it was really considering making it a real plastic desk item. And guess what? The SLS is at the time of writing the most powerful rocket flown in an actual mission. It took off only once so far, at the end of 2022, pushing a spacecraft cal... (continue reading...)