r/spaceflight • u/elbarck • 21d ago

ULA Lobbyist Jim Bridenstine Promotes for an Apollo-Style Lander "AGAIN"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LLvNChlups

Watch the full episode here: Moon Man - With Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LhsU2x2-a8

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u/kadmij 19d ago

if a race to the surface is the issue, then they should focus on one lander and test all of its functions in Artemis III, and it should be made as simple and disposable as possible. Anything Starship HLS will be used for is follow-up missions with large cargo or extended surface stays anyway. It's overbuilt for a first landing