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NASA may pull SpaceX's Artemis 3 moon-landing contract (www.space.com)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmings.world to c/space@mander.xyz

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SpaceX could lose contract for Artemis 3 astronaut moon-landing mission, acting NASA chief says: 'The problem is, they're behind'

Speaking as someone who doesn't lose their mind whenever Elon Musk is involved, I think this is a good thing. Not only are they behind, but a **lot** has changed since the contract was awarded too.

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[–] Toto@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"The president and I want to get to the moon in this president's term, so I'm gonna open up the contract," he added

Can you really turn around a create a custom space ship, prep and launch it within 3 years?

Anyone else feel this is just a pretext to piss off elon?

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 6 points 1 week ago

Can you really turn around a create a custom space ship, prep and launch it within 3 years?

You can if you ignore all procedures that were established based on lessons learned from past failures.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Too bad Stockton Rush isn't around anymore. That'd be a blast to watch.