Could they really cancel the Big Plan with SpaceX?

Today, loads of Starship Updates from Starbase in Texas, then we dive into former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin ripping the current Artemis plan apart.

Could they really cancel the big plan with SpaceX and Commercial Space if Michael Griffin had his way? SpaceX Starlink had a launch with a broadcast hiccup, but beautiful landing footage. Virgin Galactic took flight with Galactic 6, and JAXA’s SLIM lunar lander touched down nose first.

Weird! Sierra Space conducted a full scale burst test of their inflatable LIFE module, and sadly we see the end for Ingenuity, the Mars Helicopter Tech Demo mission! With any luck, one day, human hands will retrieve our favorite little helicopter, and carefully restore it for display. It’ll be the ultimate exhibit in a future museum. Perhaps one on the surface of Mars itself.

Thank you to the teams at NASA’s JPL and thank you Ingenuity for being the first of its kind to soar through the Martian skies!