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why does NASA hate the moon?

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Thursday, January 30, 2025 10:03 PM

Europe awards $900 million contract for Argonaut lunar lander development

https://spacenews.com/europe-awards-900-million-contract-for-argonaut-
lunar-lander-development
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Thursday, February 20, 2025 4:04 PM

Key NASA officials' departure casts more uncertainty over US moon program
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/key-nasa-officials-departure-casts-mo
re-uncertainty-over-us-moon-program-2025-02-19
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Friday, February 28, 2025 9:10 PM

NASA's brand-new Lunar Trailblazer probe suffers glitch on way to the moon

https://www.space.com/nasa-lunar-trailblazer-moon-probe-not-responding

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Friday, October 24, 2025 2:49 PM

'We are ready for every scenario.' NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts say they're all set for historic flight to the moon
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/we-are-ready-for-every
-scenario-nasas-artemis-2-astronauts-say-theyre-all-set-for-historic-flight-to-the-moon




Elon Musk calls out NASA’s acting admin over moon lander contract shakeup
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/elon-musk-calls-nasa-acting-141831
121.html




Jan 2025

No, we’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1875023335891026324
Mass to orbit is the key metric, thereafter mass to Mars surface. The former needs to be in the megaton to orbit per year range to build a self-sustaining colony on Mars.

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Thursday, December 18, 2025 4:46 AM

Jared Isaacman’s confirmation approved by the Senate by a vote of 67 – 30.

Billionaire Jared Isaacman confirmed as new head of NASA
https://www.theverge.com/news/846903/billionaire-jared-isaacman-confir
med-as-new-head-of-nasa



Senate confirms Musk ally and billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman as the next NASA chief
https://www.businessinsider.com/jared-isaacman-nasa-administrator-elon
-musk-senate-confirmation-spacex-2025-12

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Monday, January 5, 2026 2:54 AM

2026 is the year humanity will finally go back to the moon

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/2026-is-the-year-human
ity-will-finally-go-back-to-the-moon

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026 2:45 AM

NASA begins loading rocket with propellant in crucial test ahead of historic moon mission launch

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/science/artemis-2-moon-mission-dress-re
hearsal

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Thursday, February 5, 2026 5:32 PM

NASA finally acknowledges the elephant in the room with the SLS rocket

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/02/nasa-finally-acknowledges-the-el
ephant-in-the-room-with-the-sls-rocket
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Sunday, February 22, 2026 3:47 PM

NASA moon rocket hit by new problem, putting March launch with astronauts in jeopardy

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nasa-moon-launch-problem-march-9.7101012

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Saturday, March 28, 2026 10:33 PM

Astronauts explain the real reason why no human has been to the moon in 50 years, and the reality is depressing

https://techfixated.com/astronauts-explain-the-real-reason-why-no-huma
n-has-been-to-the-moon-in-50-years-and-the-reality-is-depressing-2
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