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NASA's secret weapon in the lunar space race may be ... procurement reform?
Source: Ars Technica · Published
Senior NASA officials held a lengthy news conference last weekend, laying out a series of lunar contract awards, new contract opportunities, and mission decisions. They followed one after the other: landers, nuclear-powered rovers, scouting drones, power generation, storage, and
Senior NASA officials held a lengthy news conference last weekend, laying out a series of lunar contract awards, new contract opportunities, and mission decisions. They followed one after the other: landers, nuclear-powered rovers, scouting drones, power generation, storage, and communication satellites. It never seemed to end.
"Hopefully, we're keeping industry on their toes trying to catch up to all the solicitations we're doing," said Carlos García-Galán, manager of the Moon Base Program, more than 90 minutes into the news conference. "This is what it takes to do the Moon Base in the timeline we have set forth." Read full article Comments
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