Former NASA chief (Jim Bridenstine) says United States likely to lose second lunar space race

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Former NASA chief says United States likely to lose second lunar space race

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The US "space race" plan.
1 - realize that in order to run a marathon (go to Mars), one must first run a mile (go to the Moon).
2 - adopt a plan that will have you running a mile at the same pace as the rest of the marathon. That might be less efficient for the mile, but saves time in the long run by combining plans.
3 - when you've gone 50 yards, just give up on the Marathon, train to run a mile at marathon pace.
4 - shocked Pikachu face when other runners go much faster than you.
Some of this is on the Bridenstine administration. HLS and suits should have been contracted years earlier.
The Nelson administration didn't help. They dropped the ball on using China and Russia as leverage to get more funding and priority for Artemis (and commercial stations). And, unrelated, stood by and watched MSR wither and die.
Another SLS bashing article from Eric. Dude literally can't write about anything else. Its his sole mission.
- You can click on his name to see other articles and see that he doesn't write about other stuff
  Also, SLS is just so easy to bash that I can't blame him for some healthy bashing here and there.
  
  Im aware of his style. Hes been bashing for over a decade. He has created a sentiment among his readers to hate on the SLS program. You won't see as much bashing outside of his ArsTechnica articles
- Its his sole mission.
  Almost as much as Artemis I being the sole mission of SLS so far...
The point of the space race is to find life outside of earth. Evangelicals hate this because they believe God made the earth and man-there is no talk of aliens in the bible. They feel the space program is an attack on their beliefs and now they have the power to do something about it. If you love space or astronomy say go bye to them now.

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