Why Winning the Lunar Race Matters Geopolitically

Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about the fight to be NASA Administrator, and to provide the lander for Artemis 3.

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• Episode 216 - Golden Llama (with Eric Berger) - YouTube
• Why did NASA’s chief just shake up the agency’s plans to land on the Moon? - Ars Technica
• Elon Musk just declared war on NASA’s acting administrator, apparently - Ars Technica
• How America fell behind China in the lunar space race—and how it can catch back up - Ars Technica
• Actually, we are going to tell you the odds of recovering New Glenn’s second launch - Ars Technica
• GEORGE SANTOS reviewing NASA space suit 🚀🚀🚀 - YouTube

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