NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission

I'm not really sure if keeping a strict schedule has any real relevance here, outside maybe PR and politics. Starships will drop the cost to other bodies in the same way Falcon dropped the cost to orbit. Why would anyone want to invest in a technology and a project that will be obsolete by the time it's implemented?

> not really sure if keeping a strict schedule has any real relevance here

You don't see the relevance of Artemis III launching in mid-2027 [1] or 2028 versus, say, after November 2028?

[1] https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-iii/

Does anyone vote for a president based on their ability to land on the moon?