Why NASA Chose Starship | Human Landing System

NASA has made the decision to move forward with SpaceX's Starship lander to bring humans back to the moon for the first time in over 50 years. In this video, I break down the new information NASA released about the 3 proposals, and what went into their decision to pick Starship. I also go over some of the implications this decision has on the space industry as a whole.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
1:53 - National Team
7:06 - ALPACA
10:14 - SpaceX
13:07 - Why NASA Chose Starship
19:10 - NASA Funding Strategy
21:32 - Implications
24:18 - Final Thoughts

[Apogeespace]

I should have more thoroughly described what I meant by “ALPACA cannot land”. What I mean when I say that is it wasn’t able to complete the mission objectives of bringing people from Orion to the surface of the moon and back up to Orion. It is likely that it was able to land on the moon, but was unable to make it back up to Orion. Sorry for the lack of clarity on that part!

[halex]

Congress: Sorry nasa, we can't give you the money you want.
Nasa: Forced to not do what congress wants because of limited budget.
Congress: :0

[NightDescendant]

I didn't think about how starship is the only option that performs refueling in LEO. Definitely a win here

[SomeoneNamedTygget]

I'm honestly still shocked that NASA picked Starship. It's such an amazing vote of confidence for the system, and the NASA oversight and resources are really going to help Starship (literally) get off the ground.

Anyway, great video as always, man! Can't wait for the next one!

[datsthebesticando]

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[wouterrosenbrand]

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[ptx]

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[topsecret]

The best part about NASA’s hypothetical plan is that SpaceX plans to test fly SN15 on Tuesday the 20th. If that happens and it lands before Congress gets a hearing for Bill Nelson, it would rub in the fact that Starship will be ready where National Team and Dynetics aren’t.

[vilmospalik]

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[Brixxter]

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[stevensargent]

NO: HERE'S THE POSITIVE: STARSHIP IS A LUNAR BASE ALL BY ITSELF.

[Nazar_Melnyk]

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[ViperEye]

Starship is built for the future; reusability, lowering costs, base building, colonization. *This* is what you need to get sustained human presence throughout the solar system.

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[levysrugo]

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[erichimmelblau]

The capabilities of Starship is really everything that NASA had hoped the Space Shuttle program would have been.

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[prasadt]

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I couldn't have said it better myself.
There are still few "experts" out there who completely disregard any progress that an aerospace company makes without a wholesome understanding of the subject matter in its entirety.
Exciting times ahead!

[Hokiek]

I've seen this video 5x now... nothing else is giving me my Starship fix... thank you again for your excellent work!

IDEA:
I don't know if your future videos will cover this, but I'd love to see an analysis of just how many tankers it will take for Starship to visit various locations that don't allow for localized refueling like Mars does. These could include: asteroids, our own moon (no firm analysis on that yet), the moons of Mars and even further out into our solar system (I don't see that happening for decades at best).

As someone with an engineering background, I can't tell you how fascinating it would be to have someone really discuss the logistics and delta V required to visit various locations and return!!!!