Category Archives: Political Commentary

NASA’s Starship Award

Five reasons it’s a watershed moment in human spaceflight.

It’s the biggest departure from the ancient Apollo mentality that the agency has ever made.

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Casey Handmer does a thorough analysis of just how revolutionary this capability is. We will get not only cheap lunar (and other space) transportation, but cheap lunar bases based on one-way trips of Starships. It also probably means that, for a long time, lunar ISRU for propellant will make no economic sense.

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