Is Boeing's/ NASA Artemis rocket ever going to leave the ground?

The Saturn V was built by several companies - and, Boeing was responsible for the first stage.  

The unfortunate thing is, NASA isn’t in charge. Neither is Boeing.  It’s Congress. They have started then stopped several programs in the last 20 years, supplying millions for development, only to pull the rug out from under NASA a half dozen times. 

One big reason for the long development period for Artemis is the lack urgency that we had when we went to the moon... 4 cents of every dollar spent by the US in the 1960’s were devoted to sending us to the moon; today, that number is much less, with the result being progress is much slower. 

Apollo *got* us to the moon - but it wasn’t to stay... I’m hoping Artemis keeps us going with a permanent presence there.

Hope not.  Just a huge waste of time and money.  Nobody cares about the dam Moon and nobody cares about Mars.  People who want to show off need to use their own money.  Deadbeats.

There is a lot of justified doubt about the value of sending bozos up to the moon. We already been there. It is dust and rocks ffs. What's the point going back. If we need to do science there, China shows the way with their excellent Chang'e robotic landers which cost about one percent of a humanized flight with all it's overheads.

What you say is true

Nothing will ever come of Horizontal take off and Landing ( HOTOL ), 

Boing as a name gives it away

They should stick to what they are good at, making Airplanes

It is like Ford making a car that can go into Space under its own Power

For to get into space requires Earth's Escape Velocity 17, 500 mph

The Saturn 5 Rocket required one Million Pounds of thrust to lift all the Stages and their fuel off the Launchpad and to Orbital Altitude

Now imagine Putting it on its Side and trying that

It would have to fight Gravity as it goes along, even with wings attached

It would never make it

That is why Vertical Launches are the more efficient as with even the Shuttle

The Saturn 5 was the most successful Rocket ever made

Get some people still think you can build a ladder to the Moon !!

It got stuck in a rock formation. In order to free it, you will have to detonate the rock, which will destroy the rocket. So this is your classic Catch-22.

We used up all the Saturn V rockets. That's outdated technology from a last century.  Building those rockets gave people JOBS BEFORE covid 19. Boeing was not the only contractor. Go whine somewhere else. We don't need you. Your critic is NOT constructive.

 Is Russia or Iran paying you to spam YA? 

 https://www.space.com/nasa-sls-megarocket-engine-t...

Where is rage for Grumann and Lockheed? Did Boeing fire you or a family member for incompetence? 

I think you got it right, NASA is just a bunch of bureaucrats, unable to do anything useful. But they have to spend their allocations somehow.