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
Update: pushed back half an hour to 08:50 GMT / 09:50 CET.
Which, given the endlessly delayed Artemis programme under discussion, seems perfectly appropriate.
Final update: my interview got dropped.
Annoying, but understandable given that two tyrants bent on staying out of jail have decided to launch an unprovoked attack on yet another country.
And I'd be the first person to admit that that's far more important than talking about flights to the Moon.
That said, you could arguably draw a direct line between the two things, as the previous world order is violently reshuffled into Great Power belligerence & performative nationalism.
Mark McCaughrean