https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-solicits-proposals-for-manned-lunar-landers/ Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:45:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-solicits-proposals-for-manned-lunar-landers/#comment-1071351 Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:45:12 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=61094#comment-1071351 Moon 2024 isn’t going to happen. No new funding, Congress just approved CR. Bridenstine is getting hammered from the White House on one side and Shelby on the other. I expect him to resign soon. NASA is broken and has been for years. I can’t see when we get back to the moon unless Elon, or Bezos. Deep space is going to take a long time for human exploration.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-solicits-proposals-for-manned-lunar-landers/#comment-1071319 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 23:35:34 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=61094#comment-1071319 This is major. It pretty much clears the way for SpaceX and Blue Origin to submit Gateway-free proposals. More evidence, I think, that Mr. Bridenstine’s recent tweet anent SpaceX was tactical misdirection.

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