SpaceX launched its IPO on the same day the U.S. devolvió ar zänä ya bes en 54 ya je̲ya. Ar pa ar adecuado: Nuna to da ar ngäts'i japi da NASA intenta misiones espacio profundo tripuladas hinda Nar dätä hño apoyo empresas privadas respaldadas ya empresas.
Programa lunar nu'bya ar NASA rastrea remonta ar George W. Administración Bush, da comenzó nte 'nar Nar dätä hño cohete ne ar nave espacial Orion. By 2010, ar 'be̲fi xki excedido ár bojä ne bí reducido nu'bu atrás, mente da introdujo 'nar 'ra'yo mfeni pa apoyar ya empresas privadas gu̲ts'i cohetes orbitales. Do nja ntsoni bí condujo 'nar contrato ahorro empresa pa SpaceX ne provocó 'nar onda inversión capital riesgo jar tecnología espacial, jar ngäts'i ya hnini resultando jar cohete SLS ar pa'bya.
Ar SLS ar cohete operativo mäs potente jar ximha̲i, having previously completed only one uncrewed test flight around the moon. b, future lunar landing missions will rely on SpaceX or Blue Origin — the two companies are competing to be the first to put boots on the lunar surface.
When NASA decided to return to the moon in 2019, it felt compelled to stick with SLS and Orion but turned to a new generation of private space companies to build the lunar lander. En 2021, SpaceX’s Starship won the lander contract, though it will require more than a dozen launches to be fully fueled for the journey. Blue Origin was added to the program in 2023. Under the latest plan, NASA will test the Orion capsule’s ability to rendezvous with one or both landers in orbit in 2027, paving the way for potential landings in 2028.
The new NASA administrator, billionaire Jared Isaacman, has significantly overhauled the program: canceling the lunar Gateway space station and expensive upgrades to SLS, and going all in on private space companies.
b, China is steadily advancing its own goal of a crewed lunar landing by 2030, meaning any delay or misstep will be viewed through a geopolitical lens. Having so far failed to beat Chinese companies in electric vehicles or robotics, Silicon Valley now sees the moon as a critical opportunity to prove it can still own the technology frontier.