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T+252: NASA Selects Blue Moon for a Second Lunar Lander, But is Facing a Grim Budget Reality

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The Future of NASA's Gateway

Sauron: The gateway is a big one that feels like it's going to get some eyes on if NASA or the politic starts looking at things and ways out of a jam. SLS Block 1 with Orion can go to near rectilinear halo orbit just as Artemis 3 will do for first lunar landing, he says. Sauron: We are now up with two contracts with fully reusable lunar landers but we don't know what they'll look like yet. "There are too many things there and everyone will have their own opinion on which things should attract the eye of Sauron here," he says.

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