HUGE News: Did NASA Just Replace Boeing With SpaceX?! | 5:02
Ellie in Space | 221K subscribers | 9,362 views | March 19, 2026
Posted on 03/19/2026 5:12:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
HUGE News: Did NASA Just Replace Boeing With SpaceX?! | 5:02
Ellie in Space | 221K subscribers | 9,362 views | March 19, 2026
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Earth-shattering kaboom!
I’m quite sure that at some point in the near future, there’ll be an official announcement or two to take all of the fancy guesswork out of it.
Boeing is trading up after hours.
Huge news doesn’t usually end with a question mark.????
Any link to the source that some youtuber is getting their info from?
I used to be in awe of NASA in the 60’s. But when they went full, hard core WOKE,,,and made Islamic ‘outreach’ a priority,,,I have no respect for them now.
This YouTuber as well as 2 others (that I know of) are better connected to the industry than any news outlet you can name. The other 2 are "What About It" (Felix Schlang) and Marcus House.
I enjoy their content as they are genuinely excited about Space Technology.
They do a lot of defense stuff, probably the other contractors are in that same boat.
Thanks Damifino.
The news appears to be official, if you google NASA SpaceX Lunar Mission, a series of articles will appear indicating that Boeing has been kicked to the curb and SpaceX has been elevated to lead contractor on NASA’s lunar missions.
Here is one article from Yahoo News.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/nasa-cuts-boeing-role-moon-185009597.html
Now Elon’s only competition is the Space Dick!
I lost all respect for NSSA when their GISS (global institute for space studies) turned into a purveyor of Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming) CAGW lies in the 70s.
Yes, just another example of them going full hard core, far left. Very sad..
SpaceX has been elevated to lead contractor on NASA’s lunar missions.
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Old news. SpaceX has fallen way behind where they should be at this point. The lunar lander contract will go to the first party that gets their lander certified - SpaceX or Blue Origin, per Jared Isaacman, NASA administrator.
Reminder: this project is not about leaving a foot print, but about establishing a permanent colony on the Moon; this will be the first step. Of all the tech needed to go to the Moon carrying men, the lander is the hardest part.
But do not bother placing bets, both companies have a very tall order, in that they have to get all the certifications, reviews, etc, and prove their version works and is safe before 2028 - a feat that has never been done in that 2.5 year short window. Especially with both landers are not even built yet.
The SpaceX version is still on paper, if that. SpaceX admits their lander could not be ready before late 2028 - if then.
The Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar cargo capsule has to be heavily modified to become a man-rated lunar lander. Of the two, Blue Moon has the least amount of work, but the time line is too short to make 2028 practical.
Of the two versions design, SpaceX’s design is very top heavy, unless they can figure out how to land and take off from a sideways landing, on the very rugged lunar South Pole terrain. The proposed 50 foot elevator for egress and entrance is a very iffy feature in any sort of emergency.
SpaceX has not even gotten its Starship to orbit, let alone proven the ability to refuel the 6-10 times necessary to get to the Moon. The v3 total redesign is suppose to do both feats this year. Maybe. It remains unknown what will happen to the refueling ships after they are empty; they are not currently designed to return - there are no nose fins or heat shield.
The Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar cargo capsule already has a pressurized cargo bay. But getting it reviewed and man-rated is time consuming. It will have a 20 foot folding ladder for egress and entrance. However, it was successfully launched to LEO.
It would be theoretically possible to mount that capsule on the SLS rocket and, with one refueling, go directly to the Moon, but it would be out of fuel, so there needs to be another fueled up capsule waiting for the manned version to land nearby.
As for the proposed Lunar Gateway - an essential part of the mission - it exists only in concept at present. There is no way that piece will be ready by 2028.
This is what 0bama and total neglect by Congress has wrought. Even now, NASA is being asked to do the near impossible on a shoestring budget. To make everything work properly and be safe for people, NASA needs its budget raised from $25 billion to $125 billion. But even that cannot help the short time window.
The current NASA budget crunch has crippled the Artemis project with all the proposed upgrade redesigns cancelled. The new launch tower which was almost finished and ready for the HLS Block 1b redesign, cancelled. The enlarged second stage Block 1b able to carry more crew and more cargo, cancelled.
The current second stage has been replaced with the more capable Centaur module, but it is far short of what was originally envisioned for Block 1b.
We are now stuck with the garbage launch tower, which no one knows anything about, where all fixes are done by seat of the pants and guesswork, with no guarantees that it will work when rolled out to pad. Even the NASA Inspector General ripped this piece of trash.
All this is due to the Trump requested & directed NASA budget slashing, which has resulted in the near closing of NASA, and only portions were restored by Sen, Cruz.
Wouldn’t this be wonderful? Hope it happens...
Oh, it’s happening, and shows how NASA isn’t going to mess around any longer. There’s a coherent strategy, as long as it’s consistently applied, the base hardware will be robo-landing on the lunar surface and its first crew some months later.
Of course, Bezos has shown that lawfare, and holding his breath until he turns blue, has worked in the past, so I’d be surprised if Boeing doesn’t sue.
Boeing got paid too much money and is years behind, and the Orion is a fiasco. It’s quite a change from the company’s development curve for the B-29 during WWII.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4370699/posts
https://search.brave.com/search?q=boeing+spacex+nasa&summary=1
NASA has significantly reduced Boeing’s role in its moon mission plans, elevating SpaceX’s Starship to take the lead in transporting astronauts to lunar orbit and the moon’s surface. This shift, announced in March 2026, marks a major strategic reversal from the original plan, which relied on Boeing’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to launch the Orion capsule toward the moon. Under the new configuration, Starship and Orion will dock in Earth orbit, with Starship performing the critical task of propelling Orion to lunar orbit and enabling the lunar landing.
This decision comes amid ongoing challenges with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. In 2024, NASA decided to return two stranded astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule after Starliner experienced thruster failures and helium leaks during its first crewed test flight. Starliner returned to Earth uncrewed in September 2024, and its future certification remains uncertain.
Despite these setbacks, NASA continues to maintain its Commercial Crew Program, which funds both Boeing and SpaceX to provide crew transportation to the International Space Station. NASA’s fixed-price contracts with both companies were designed to ensure redundancy and competition, keeping costs lower than previous programs. However, the recent realignment underscores SpaceX’s growing dominance in NASA’s human spaceflight strategy, particularly for deep space missions.
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