Under the previous U.S. president, a goal of 2024 was set to go back to the moon. Last week NASA chose SpaceX to accomplish this goal.
Starship, the same new spacecraft being developed and tested at Boca Chica TX, will be NASA's lunar lander for its Artemis mission.
SpaceX was chosen over two other competitors (Blue Origin and Dynetics) because in addition to being highly rated in both management and technical categories, SpaceX was also the lowest bidder.
They bid to do the job for NASA for $2.9 billion, and to assume about the same financial risk for themselves to cover the cost of development and testing because they will also use Starship for their private commercial activities.
from Business Insider
(cont'd tomorrow)
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