By Howard Bloom, Founder and Chair, Space Development Steering Committee, Co-founder Asian Space Technology Summit, and Erinn van Wynsberghe, Founder, VanWyn Technologies NASA recently announced the discontinuation of its VIPER lunar rover project, a rover built to prospect the moon for a precious space commodity, water. NASA cited cost overruns and launch delays. The decision to abandon
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The Space Development Steering Committee calls on NASA to radically rethink its program to land on the moon by 2024, its Artemis program, rebuilding that lunar mission around SpaceX’s vehicle-in-development, the Starship. In fact, the Space Development Steering Committee calls on NASA to reconceive all of its programs with the Starship in mind. Why? The SpaceX Starship
This week, we’re witnessing a remarkable event. In Boca Chica, TX, SpaceX is successfully conducting its first hop of its Starship. The Starship will be the top half of a rocket designed to transport 100 passengers to the Moon and Mars. Yes, 100 passengers. And that 100-passenger capacity will make NASA and the space plans demanded