NASA outlines revised 2028 Artemis moon landing campaign

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentStill thinking about that last story. One company's software setting, and an army's gear slows down. Anyway, moon.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe one-sentence version: NASA says it will not pick a SpaceX or Blue Origin moon lander until testing shows which one is the obvious choice.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo there's no winner yet. Is that the plan or a problem?

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'd call it the plan.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCBS News quotes NASA's Parsons: we intend to wait as long as possible to make a decision about which provider gets the job.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAs long as possible. That's a deadline you only respect after it passes.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe goal is the first American astronauts back on the moon in twenty twenty-eight, and that's the part everybody is watching.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHow did we get here?

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIn February NASA reshaped the program and moved the first touchdown from Artemis Three to Artemis Four, according to technology dot org.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThey moved the landing to a different mission number. That's a reschedule with extra steps.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd a second landing, Artemis Five, is pencilled in for late twenty twenty-eight.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPencilled in. Good word choice for a schedule.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNow the hard part.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOne mission needs three of the most powerful rockets in the world to launch in quick succession: New Glenn, Super Heavy-Starship and the Space Launch System.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThree launches, back to back. Imagine getting three friends to show up on the same night.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWhat do the rockets look like so far?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSpaceX has flown thirteen Super Heavy-Starship test flights since twenty twenty-three, and just one put a Starship into orbit.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOne in thirteen.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMeanwhile Blue Origin's New Glenn exploded on its launch pad in May, destroying the booster and heavily damaging the pad, CBS News reports.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo who does this affect? Taxpayers, astronauts, anybody who wants the date to be real.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTaxpayers, mostly.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNASA picked SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics for lander work with a combined base value of nine hundred sixty-seven million dollars, per the Washington Post in an earlier award.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI bet supporters say waiting keeps the competition honest. Critics would say it keeps the schedule honest too, and the schedule isn't looking great.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the politics over which rocket carried us to the moon will be a footnote in history books.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWhat happens next, then?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMore testing. The moon landing goes to whoever looks obvious first, and I like that kind of fair contest. Love it. Love all of it.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentChip, it's a two-option poll, and one of the options blew up its own launch pad in May.