NASA watching
“Congrats to the teams who made progress on today’s flight test,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on X. “Spaceflight is a bold adventure demanding a can-do spirit and daring innovation. Today’s test is an opportunity to learn—then fly again. Together NASA and SpaceX will return humanity to the Moon, Mars & beyond,” he added. The space agency has a vested interest in Starship, contracting SpaceX to leverage Starship as a human landing system for crewed Artemis missions to the lunar surface. NASA is undoubtedly happy that SpaceX is making progress, but I’m sure they would’ve preferred a successful mission and the absence of exploding rocket stages.
