Mark McCaughreanFeb 28

For those of you based in the UK who are early risers (ugh), I should be on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme in about half an hour to talk about this 😬👇

Yes, you try explaining the changes to the Artemis lunar landing timeline, & also all the things that *weren’t* said during yesterday’s NASA presser, in just five minutes.

I’ve spent all night thinking about it & am none the clearer 😱

#Space #SpaceExploration #SpaceFlight #BBCRadio4 #BBCTodayProgramme #Artemis

Show thread🔻 aetios 🇪🇺Feb 28
@markmccaughrean I'm pretty sure at this point China is going to beat US in the new moon race... mostly because I don't think spaceship will land on the moon safely &return within 10 years...
Show threadMark McCaughreanFeb 28

@aetios I suspect you may be right.

Then again, since at least one plucky young lad managed to land a giant spacecraft upright on the Moon on the first attempt, who’s to say the other Boy Wonder won’t manage?

(That’s a rhetorical question 😉)

Show thread🔻 aetios 🇪🇺
@markmccaughrean Only if they copy the all-acceleration mission profile... including the flip halfway
Feb 28 at 8:06amWeb
Show threadMark McCaughreanFeb 28
@aetios That's the plan for when Starship goes interstellar, powered by the collective wishful thoughts of the fanboi base ...