Spaceflight 🚀Mar 7

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116184871779144565

#Isaacman decided that vehicles to get us on the #Moon are better than vehicles to enrich đź’° contractors.

Finally, #sanity has prevailed.

#NASA #Artemis

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@nasaadmin "I want landers on the moon 🌙 in south pole on a monthly cadence, starting in beginning of 📆 2027" 17:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Y0qUQUbrk

#Isaacman #NASA

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on future Moon missions, lunar landers, nuclear propulsion & more

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#NASA Administrator Jared #Isaacman is going all in on building a Moon base, with initial plans kicking off next year.

Isaacman is calling for monthly lunar lander missions to the South Pole starting in 2027 https://payloadspace.com/isaacman-plans-monthly-uncrewed-lunar-landings-in-2027/

Isaacman Plans Monthly Uncrewed Lunar Landings In 2027

“We are going to plus up for Moon base construction in a huge way,” said during an interview with Spaceflight Now that was released late Friday night. 

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“The goal of #Isaacman is 30 landings in three years”. Only #Firefly’s #BlueGhost 1 mission a year ago was a complete success. The two #IntuitiveMachines landers fell over upon landing. #Astrobotic’s #Peregrine lander malfunctioned hours after launch and was unable to attempt a landing.

There are four #CLPS missions currently scheduled for launch this year: Astrobotic’s Griffin-1, #BlueOrigin’s #BlueMoon Mark 1, Firefly’s Blue Ghost 2 and Intuitive Machines’ #IM3 https://spacenews.com/nasa-considering-sharp-increase-in-robotic-lunar-landings/

NASA considering sharp increase in robotic lunar landings

NASA is proposing a sharp increase in the rate of robotic lunar lander missions, a move that has excited but also puzzled the space community.

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