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SpaceX Pitches Accelerated Moon Landing Plan After NASA Pressure
The SpaceX Starship sits on the launch pad ahead of a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas in 2024.
Photographer: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty ImagesElon Musk’s SpaceX has proposed a faster way to take astronauts to the moon’s surface, following NASA criticism over delays with the company’s rocket development as the US races China to the lunar surface.
The company’s decision to offer a new plan, buried in a lengthy update posted to its website on Thursday, comes a little over a week after NASA Acting administrator Sean Duffy said he was opening up SpaceX’s lunar contract to rivals.