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NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission

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404 points voxleone | 2 comments | 21 Oct 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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2OEH8eoCRo0 ◴[21 Oct 25 13:15 UTC] No.45655366[source]▶
About damn time!
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philipwhiuk ◴[21 Oct 25 13:26 UTC] No.45655500[source]▶
Who do you think is capable of competing, given that they didn't win the bid the first time round?
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madaxe_again ◴[21 Oct 25 13:33 UTC] No.45655596[source]▶
They should just get an Apollo lander, maybe strap on some rockets from Nike Ajax missiles, buff it up a bit, maybe throw a shuttle windscreen on it too. Job done.
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1. philipwhiuk ◴[21 Oct 25 14:14 UTC] No.45656090[source]▶
Too bad Orion can't get to Lunar Orbit to meet the lander.
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2. imtringued ◴[21 Oct 25 19:50 UTC] No.45660790[source]▶
All hail the cislunar transporter.