With that failure, SpaceX’s time line to become the lunar lander, has reached a point where it was nearly impossible now is impossible to achieve all the major milestones needed to become man-rated in time to launch to the Moon by 2029.
NASA will now be forced to look elsewhere for a lander. Possibilities are the Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Pathfinder, or another look at Alpaca, or will Lockheed bring their Mars-Precursor Lunar Lander out into the open?
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