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#scottmanley #starship #sls #nasa
Could We Land On The Moon Using Only A Single Starship Launch? Building Apollo With Modern Rockets. 
( Ed : Yes and SLS with COTs too 
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Under the #COTS model, #NASA provides funding and guidance to private companies to develop their own #spacecraft, #rockets, and #services, and then buys those at a "market" rate. #SpaceX, #BlueOrigin, #RocketLab and #ImpulseSpace could ferry cargo to #Mars 
and land there https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/if-congress-actually-cancels-the-sls-rocket-what-happens-next
Solstice Minerals ( #SLS ) has released " RC Drilling Successfully Completed at Key WA Gold Targets " on Tue 13 May at 09:27 AEST #Mining #Gold #Australia #News #media
https://grafa.com/asset/solstice-minerals-ltd-9989-sls.asx?utm_source=asxmktsensitive&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=sls.asx
Oh boy .. 2/2
".. elimination any funding toward misaligned DEIA initiatives .."
".. allocating more than $7 billion for lunar exploration and introducing $1 billion in new investments for Mars-focused programs, .."
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/president-trumps-fy26-budget-revitalizes-human-space-exploration/
2.5.2025
Oh boy .. 1/2
"President Trump’s FY26 Budget Revitalizes Human Space Exploration"
".. SLS .. rocket and Orion capsule will be retired after Artemis III, paving the way for more cost-effective, next-generation commercial systems that will support subsequent NASA lunar missions. The budget also ends the Gateway Program, .."
The #Mars Sample Return mission will be achieved by #human 
missions to Mars. "Crew and cargo flights to the #ISS would be significantly reduced 
. The station’s reduced research capacity would be focused on efforts critical to the #Moon and Mars exploration programs." https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/white-house-budget-seeks-to-end-sls-orion-and-lunar-gateway-programs
May 02, 2025
• Increased commitment to human 
space exploration, introducing $1 billion in new investments for #Mars -focused programs.
• The #SLS rocket and #Orion capsule will be retired after #Artemis III. The budget also ends the #Gateway Program 
• #ISS replacement in 2030
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/president-trumps-fy26-budget-revitalizes-human-space-exploration
"White House budget seeks to end SLS, Orion, and Lunar Gateway programs" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - The high cost of #SLS rockets, derided as the Senate Launch System and built under Cold War style cost-plus contracts, have always been a lightning rod for cancellation whenever the #NASA budget came under pressure. Unclear whether Artemis crew flights will end after Artemis 3 landing, or reorganize under the Artemis banner with commercial spacecraft. https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/white-house-budget-seeks-to-end-sls-orion-and-lunar-gateway-programs/ #Artemis #Moon
#Reuters:
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Trump 2026 space budget would cancel NASA rocket, lunar station
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https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/nasa-rocket-lunar-station-many-science-programs-face-cuts-trump-2026-budget-2025-05-02/
2.5.2025
And it relies on space hardware that Trump's tech bros have promised, but which is not fully developed or does not even exist yet.
I thought I would see a human moon landing in my lifetime, but I have been convinced for some time that the Western world will not be able to achieve it "so quickly."
Bye bye #sls
I'll bet #musk and #bezos are celebrating.
#NASA #Artemis #Orion #USPolitics #uspoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/nasa-budget-cuts-1.7525069?cmp=rss
Solstice Minerals ( #SLS ) has released " Edjudina Range Gold Discovery Ready for First RC Drilling " on Fri 02 May at 08:26 AEST #Mining #Gold #Australia #media #live
https://grafa.com/asset/solstice-minerals-ltd-9989-sls.asx?utm_source=asxmktsensitive&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=sls.asx
To get enough fuel 
into #orbit for a #Mars mission would require at least 10 launches of the #SLS rocket, or about $20 billion 
. Just for the fuel. To use traditional propulsion, one needs to push the boundaries of #reuse 
and heavy lift rockets to extreme limits—which is precisely what #SpaceX is trying to do with its fully reusable launch system https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/report-nasas-only-realistic-path-for-humans-on-mars-is-nuclear-propulsion
NASA Employees View SLS Rocket Hardware Before its Upcoming Move to Florida 2
#ArtemisII #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter #OrionStageAdapter #SLS #SpaceLaunchSystem
2 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=2&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20250415010133
#Isaacman said #NASA’s current architecture for the #Artemis lunar plans, based on the #SLS rocket and #Orion spacecraft, is probably not the ideal “long-term” solution to NASA’s deep space transportation plans 
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/isaacman-sls-and-orion-are-not-a-long-term-solution-for-nasa
The #SLS project is about $6 billion over budget and six years behind schedule 
, according to a #government audit, with reports suggesting it is “50-50” whether Mr Trump scraps the programme. In a city where around 10 per cent 
of the 225,000 population work for the government, there is concern among residents that they could be in the eye of the #Doge storm 
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/04/06/alabama-rocket-city-heart-us-space-travel-musk-doge-demise
Le 
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