
NASA’s secret weapon in the lunar space race may be … procurement reform?
Summary
NASA officials recently announced a wide range of new lunar contract awards and upcoming mission opportunities. The updates covered various technologies, including landers, nuclear-powered rovers, scouting drones, and communication satellites.
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…
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