这两天米帝各大媒体纷纷上传NASA“通稿”：原已从今年底推迟到2027/2028的载人登月计划极大概率将再延后数年、推迟到2030年以后。。。。。。而“罪魁祸首”就是马一龙的SpaceX, 特别是SpaceX的Starship及其很可能不靠谱的外太空“加油”计划。。。
Nasa’s Moon mission could be ‘years late’ due to issues with Elon Musk’s Starship
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Nasa’s plan to return humans to the Moon could be set back by years due to delays with SpaceX’s Starship rocket, industry experts have warned.
Safety advisers for the US space agency said that fundamental challenges remain with Starship’s Human Landing System (HLS), which is expected to support the Artemis 3 mission in 2027.
The mission was originally scheduled for December 2025 but had to be pushed back after setbacks with Starship testing.
After visiting SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas last month, members of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel said there would likely be further delays as a result of issues with orbital refuelling of the spacecraft.
Starship’s HLS needs to be able to perform something called cryogenic propellant transfer in low Earth orbit in order to complete the Moon mission, however SpaceX is still yet to demonstrate that such refuelling is possible.
“The HLS schedule is significantly challenged and, in our estimation, could be years late for a 2027 Artemis 3 Moon landing,” said panelist Paul Hill, who is a former director of Mission Operations at Nasa.
“The next six months of Starship launches will be telling about the likelihood of HLS flying crew in 2027 or by the end of the decade.”
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The United States Losing the Race Back to the Moon Because of… SpaceX!
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As China accelerates its plans to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030, questions are mounting over whether the United States will meet its own timeline — or fall behind in a race it once led.
At the center of the uncertainty lies SpaceX’s Starship, the next-generation rocket NASA is relying on to land its astronauts on the lunar surface for the Artemis III mission. Initially slated for 2025, the mission has already been postponed to 2028, and some NASA insiders suggest the timeline may slip even further — perhaps to 2032 — if technical delays continue.
