Out-of-This-World Reasons for Elon Musk’s SpaceX Deal
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NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years won’t be getting underway this month after all. It had been targeting February 6 for the launch of the much-anticipated Artemis II mission that will take four astronauts on a flight around the moon,
NASA said Tuesday its next crew rotation to the International Space Station could be delayed after SpaceX announced it was grounding flights of its Falcon 9 rocket to investigate an unspecified issue.
SpaceX has halted launches for now of its Falcon 9 rockets after an issue from a Monday mission flown from California.
NASA plans to test the planned leak repair with a second dress rehearsal fueling test later this month.
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Elon Musk’s plans for SpaceX data centers in orbit could cost $5 trillion a year, analysts say
Analysts at research firm MoffettNathanson say ‘the capital needs would simply be enormous’
SpaceX’s stranglehold as NASA’s choice for the historic moon landing planned for the Artemis III mission later this decade was loosened last year to allow competitor Blue Origin back into the conversation.