It’s missing that last mile delivery method. The thing about Orion is that it’s designed to move people through deep space, but it’s not designed to land them anywhere. But they chose to outsource the design for the actual lunar lander to an external contractor. NASA already had the designs locked down for the SLS launch rocket, the Orion crew vehicle and the Gateway orbital Moon station. Or, in theory at least that would be the case, in practice though, most of the designs built around the Artemis program are straight out of the 1980’s - which is disappointing, but not surprising given that NASA are the people in charge - but that subject alone is a whole other video in itself that we’ll be posting on our sister channel, The Space Race, so head on over there and subscribe and keep an eye out for our video on why NASA’s Moon mission is in shambles, it’s going to be a fun one.Īnyway. But this time we’d be bringing along all the wonders of modern day technology. It’s a very exciting idea just to think about - our triumphant return to the Moon. So the story begins with NASA’s open bidding process for a brand new lunar lander that would transport human beings to the surface of the Moon for the first time since the 1970’s. And now that we can safely say that SpaceX are the true and undisputed winner of the NASA HLS contract, we can spend some time going over the reasons why Starship came out on top, how it’s going to function in a Moon mission and where the Lunar Starship fits in with everything that SpaceX are up to right now at their Starbase testing facility. Because now, finally, after spending the better part of this year entertaining Lex Luthor and his stream of protest and lawsuits that threatened to put the kai-bosh on the whole project - Starship is going to the Moon. Let’s talk about the SpaceX Starship Moon Lander.
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