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
What would it take to use the old Saturn V rocket design, with modern materials and computer guidance module etc.
@zleap Loadsamoney.
And it seems clear that under the current US administration / NASA administrator, the push will be towards outsourcing this all completely to the usual very wealthy suspects.
Who usually can't deliver properly, while SpaceX are really good at launching / recovering rockets, the cost to the environment of this seems to be huge (not to mention what happens when things re-enter the atmosphere) but elon just does not care about that one bit.
How will future generations judge all this?
Mark McCaughrean
Paul Sutton (zleap)