NASA’s acting chief, Sean Duffy, said on Oct. 20 that the space agency is expanding competition for its flagship Artemis 3 mission due to delays with the SpaceX Starship lunar lander.
The move could enable competitors such as Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin to play a role in sending the first astronauts to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.
“Artemis 3 is when we land back on the moon. That’s going to be a year and a half, two years. SpaceX has the contract. SpaceX is an amazing company, do remarkable things. They are behind schedule and so, the president wants to make sure we beat the Chinese, he wants to get there on his terms,” Duffy told “Fox & Friends.”…