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Keith Cowing
Keith’s note: Yesterday I taped a long form 16 minute interview with David Levitz at Deutsche Welle about NASA’s big Moon plan changes. Yes, I am excited – and after waiting 50 years for this, I am a little impatient too. Let’s go back to the Moon – to stay. Video
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I am skeptical. It’s difficult feeling to abandon Gateway and other hardware that is almost complete and ready to fly. However, understandable as architecture of SLS is based on Shuttle technology which should have not been chosen in the beginning 20 years ago. If this moon project(s) successful, it will come at expense of earth science including we will not understand climate changes. Then there is continual hostile action against civil servants including those still at NASA. Another aspect is legacy aerospace companies such as Boeing, LM, Northrop Grumman are no longer players. I wonder why these guys gave up.
It seems Issacman is embracing SpaceX launch vehicles, he is (was) partner of Elon. However, the artwork presented doesn’t seem right as it looks much like a 1950s sci-fi rocket that violates the Rocket Equation (Apollo used LOR so not have to try and violate laws of physics). Because the providers are private companies, we really don’t know what the vehicles will look like because proprietary nature. Example we don’t know what future car designs look like until they hit the showroom floor.
Anna and Bill Fisher’s daughter Kristin has YT video about people don’t know and don’t care about astronauts will soon travel to the moon.