I'm an investor in two companies who are involved in our return to the Moon - Intuitive Machines and Rocket Lab - so this is exciting.
What's less exciting about it, is that the SLS is a dead-end technology-wise for sustaining a lunar presence (too slow and expensive to launch). Fortunately, the private sector - led by SpaceX (at the moment) - is beginning to fill in a LOT of the infrastructure gaps.
A fascinating read Steve, way beyond my pay grade, but clearly a topic many of us are interested in. Sadly one refrain from a long-passed song kept reverberating in my head; "Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space but when you return, it's the same old place." Kudos to Barry.
As broken as our world is today, perhaps escaping to a new planet is the answer.
I'm an investor in two companies who are involved in our return to the Moon - Intuitive Machines and Rocket Lab - so this is exciting.
What's less exciting about it, is that the SLS is a dead-end technology-wise for sustaining a lunar presence (too slow and expensive to launch). Fortunately, the private sector - led by SpaceX (at the moment) - is beginning to fill in a LOT of the infrastructure gaps.
Destin's talk at NASA is a good one to watch, and he's quite frank about Starship too.
A fascinating read Steve, way beyond my pay grade, but clearly a topic many of us are interested in. Sadly one refrain from a long-passed song kept reverberating in my head; "Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space but when you return, it's the same old place." Kudos to Barry.
As broken as our world is today, perhaps escaping to a new planet is the answer.