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NASA Artemis teams finally realized that SpaceX is outclassing NASA after visiting Starbase
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Nasa Artemis was a creation under the Trump administration, but it was one of the few programs that survived the transition of power. In 2021, Biden’s NASA selected SpaceX to develop the company’s next-generation rocket, called Starship, as a lunar lander for Artemis.
The agency awarded the company 2.941.394.557 USD billion to turn Starship into a vehicle that can transport humans to and from the lunar surface.
After more than a year of awarding the contract, up to this point, the agency fully believes in its right decision.
More importantly, after 2 times visiting Starbase, NASA Artemis teams officially confirmed that SpaceX is outclassing NASA in all aspects.
Why can SpaceX do this paradoxical thing?
Let’s find out in today’s episode of the Alpha tech channel:
First impressions of SpaceX's state-of-the-art infrastructure spotted on its first visit late last year:
"NASA recently visited SpaceX for a firsthand look at a prototype of the human lander that will ferry NASA Artemis astronauts to the lunar surface during Artemis III. This demonstration will lay the foundation for a long-term human presence at the Moon later this decade," the agency announced via Twitter on December 21st.
Talking about the Starbase Launch Site, Canadian Space Agency astronaut and pilot Joshua Kutryk shared an aerial photograph of the Starbase launch site.
At the start of 2021, Starbase’s lone orbital launch site was effectively a dirt lot and a fraction of the launch mount – the latter constructed well in advance of the rest of the pad. Less than a year later, a dramatic change is looming. That orbital launch site – including a skyscraper-sized launch tower, three massive arms, perhaps the most complex launch mount in spaceflight history, and the largest cryogenic tank farm ever built for a rocket – is on the verge of completion.
This certainly got the Artemis team thinking about how NASA spent a decade and almost $1 billion on a single launch tower.
Not to mention the present time, SpaceX has continued to complete the second launch tower in Florida. In contrast, NASA’s second mobile launcher is too heavy, years late, and pushing $1 billion
What a huge difference!
On the same day, Canadian Space Agency astronaut and pilot Joshua Kutryk shared an aerial photograph of the Starbase launch site: "Flying in the skies above Boca Chica this morning with NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, dreaming of a future when ships full of humans may leave from this beach for Mars. (Look closely and you can see a Starship)," he wrote in a Tweet.
NASA Astronaut Victor Glover, who flew aboard SpaceX’s Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station, is also an Artemis astronaut. He visited the Starbase rocket factory as well.
It was truly a speechless moment!
NASA Artemis teams finally realized that SpaceX is outclassing NASA after visiting Starbase
Huge thanks to:
======
Nasa Artemis was a creation under the Trump administration, but it was one of the few programs that survived the transition of power. In 2021, Biden’s NASA selected SpaceX to develop the company’s next-generation rocket, called Starship, as a lunar lander for Artemis.
The agency awarded the company 2.941.394.557 USD billion to turn Starship into a vehicle that can transport humans to and from the lunar surface.
After more than a year of awarding the contract, up to this point, the agency fully believes in its right decision.
More importantly, after 2 times visiting Starbase, NASA Artemis teams officially confirmed that SpaceX is outclassing NASA in all aspects.
Why can SpaceX do this paradoxical thing?
Let’s find out in today’s episode of the Alpha tech channel:
First impressions of SpaceX's state-of-the-art infrastructure spotted on its first visit late last year:
"NASA recently visited SpaceX for a firsthand look at a prototype of the human lander that will ferry NASA Artemis astronauts to the lunar surface during Artemis III. This demonstration will lay the foundation for a long-term human presence at the Moon later this decade," the agency announced via Twitter on December 21st.
Talking about the Starbase Launch Site, Canadian Space Agency astronaut and pilot Joshua Kutryk shared an aerial photograph of the Starbase launch site.
At the start of 2021, Starbase’s lone orbital launch site was effectively a dirt lot and a fraction of the launch mount – the latter constructed well in advance of the rest of the pad. Less than a year later, a dramatic change is looming. That orbital launch site – including a skyscraper-sized launch tower, three massive arms, perhaps the most complex launch mount in spaceflight history, and the largest cryogenic tank farm ever built for a rocket – is on the verge of completion.
This certainly got the Artemis team thinking about how NASA spent a decade and almost $1 billion on a single launch tower.
Not to mention the present time, SpaceX has continued to complete the second launch tower in Florida. In contrast, NASA’s second mobile launcher is too heavy, years late, and pushing $1 billion
What a huge difference!
On the same day, Canadian Space Agency astronaut and pilot Joshua Kutryk shared an aerial photograph of the Starbase launch site: "Flying in the skies above Boca Chica this morning with NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, dreaming of a future when ships full of humans may leave from this beach for Mars. (Look closely and you can see a Starship)," he wrote in a Tweet.
NASA Astronaut Victor Glover, who flew aboard SpaceX’s Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station, is also an Artemis astronaut. He visited the Starbase rocket factory as well.
It was truly a speechless moment!
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