In a stark congressional hearing, experts warned that NASA’s Artemis program is on an unsustainable path. Former Administrator Mike Griffin said the plan relying on orbital refueling is unworkable and should be canceled.
Jim Bridenstine says America’s chance of beating China back to the Moon is “approaching zero rapidly.” The problem isn’t technology – it’s political dysfunction and inconsistent funding that China doesn’t face.
NASA has lost nearly 25% of its workforce this year while Artemis slips further behind schedule. Jared Isaacman’s return as administrator nominee comes at a critical moment for the space agency’s future.
The emerging lunar landscape is being framed as a new space race, but this analogy dangerously misreads the legal and geopolitical realities of space governance. Unlike terrestrial conflicts, space operates under established international treaties that prohibit sovereignty claims.
The European Space Agency’s Henon mission represents a quantum leap for CubeSat capabilities. This carry-on luggage-sized spacecraft will venture millions of kilometers into deep space alone, testing technologies that could provide hours of warning for solar storms.
NASA Shifts Artemis III Strategy as Starship Timeline Slips In a significant policy shift, NASA has opened its Artemis III…
