SpaceX Starship Landing Vehicle Leads & Lags In NASA Lander Proposal Evaluation

SpaceX Starship Landing Vehicle Leads & Lags In NASA Lander Proposal Evaluation

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NASA's advanced electric (Hall effect) propulsion system. The system will power the Lunar Gateway's Power and Propulsion Element, and the landing vehicles discussed below have been evaluated on their ability to work with the outpost. Image Credit: Glenn Research Center/NASA

At the end of last week, NASA confirmed that three companies would receive government funding to develop landing systems for astronauts. These systems will form the second stage of the United States government's plan of expanding human presence beyond earth, and they will work through NASA's plans to use heavy-lift launch vehicles to propel payloads beyond low earth orbit.