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T+212: NASA’s Budget, Commercial LEO, and the Sustaining Lunar Development Contract

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The Competition to Build a Lunar Lander Is a Problem for Future Us

Nassa has decided to add an additional contract to the artemis programe. This is called the sustaining lunar development contract. And what it is is a way to get a second lander funded, get its development funded. Because there is a commercial industry to support rockets taking things to space. That doesn't happen yet for lunar landers at the size and scale that you need to land humans on the moon.

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