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NASA delays moon lander awards as Biden team mulls moonshot program

I guess I expected this.

Also, while I'm an obvious SpaceX fan, it always puzzled me why the initial design offering from SpaceX for a lunar lander was - Starship. Seems like a whole lot of work and risk to go forward with that design already. Wouldn't a derivative of the Dragon Capsule have been a much safer bet for the first return to the moon?
 
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SBassman said:
NASA delays moon lander awards as Biden team mulls moonshot program

I guess I expected this.

Also, while I'm an obvious SpaceX fan, it always puzzled me why the initial design offering from SpaceX for a lunar lander was - Starship. Seems like a whole lot of work and risk to go forward with that design already. Wouldn't a derivative of the Dragon Capsule have been a much safer bet for the first return to the moon?
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I’m not sure how the dragon capsule would land on the moon.
 
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Well! It didn’t end well.
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JKos said:
Whoaaaaa
I am honestly surprised/disappointed by the nature of these NASA streams. Just doesn't sound professional to me. Sounds more like a gaming stream.
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It's not NASA. It's private individuals. That's why it sounds "amateur" because it is. But they do a pretty good job tracking the flight.

These are the folks doing it : https://labpadre.com/
 
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I don't know what the actual distance is in the picture, but it's kind of weird seeing SN9 blow up what looks like not very far - from SN10. Yikes.

Reality is - while we have enjoyed lots of SpaceX success in the past couple of years, this stuff can all change rather quickly. I will continue to believe that Starship for the return to the moon is more gee whiz that would be cool thinking and not practical thinking.
 
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SBassman said:
I don't know what the actual distance is in the picture, but it's kind of weird seeing SN9 blow up what looks like not very far - from SN10. Yikes.

Reality is - while we have enjoyed lots of SpaceX success in the past couple of years, this stuff can all change rather quickly. I will continue to believe that Starship for the return to the moon is more gee whiz that would be cool thinking and not practical thinking.
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There is quite some distance between everything. Camera perspective. The landing pad is to the left of where Bluto(crane) was. That is SN9 on launch pad “b” in the picture.
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