Here is a #NASA news article about issues of the #Artemis Moon landing program, which has no reference whatsoever to #SpaceX, a company that was previously freely advertised by NASA. The only indirect reference to SpaceX is "along with the human landing system" (#HLS). That system was awarded by contract to the company.
Interestingly, no reference was made to possible delays to #Artemis3 caused by SpaceX developing/building/testing the HLS . Aren't there any? 🤔
nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sha…
NASA Shares Orion Heat Shield Findings, Updates Artemis Moon Missions - NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí.NASA
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I have great respect for the work NASA scientists and engineers do and make public through their websites and published papers, the vast majority of which is freely available.
But when it comes to the so called "space economy", I don't buy a single thing of that hype. No one has ever explained in layman's terms, or in any terms for that matter, AFAIK, what that "space economy" is all about, except for rich space tourists.
The bills, though, are paid by taxpayer money.
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in reply to 65dBnoise • • •There is a promo video for the Space Shuttle from 1976 which goes on about how cheap and economical it will be. It implies that this will be the big new thing in the future and will be "in the freight business" as well as being an orbiting factory making specialised goods:
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Someone commented on the video (comment since disappeared) this was for the benefit of politicians who wanted expenditure justified in terms of paying for itself through commerce. Wish the comment hadn't disappeared, because it gave detailed examples of how NASA must have known in 1976 this wasn't plausible for spaceflight.
Space Shuttle Prototype Rollout (1976) (featuring the first space shuttle Enterprise)
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It'd be better IMO if they just said "we want to go there before the Chinese" than throw all that "space economy" hyped BS on the wall and see what sticks (probably nothing will).
Fortunately NASA are still serious about reality and safety, and not following the pedo guy in his BS about Mars.