SpaceX's Big Design Dragon Upgrade to the Moon Instead of NASA 4$ Billion Rocket...

SpaceX's Big Design Dragon Upgrade to the Moon Instead of NASA 4$ Billion Rocket...
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NASA’s troubled lunar mission 0:55
Gray Dragon 5:25
Starship 10:32
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SpaceX's Big Design Dragon Upgrade to the Moon Instead of NASA 4$ Billion Rocket...
Nothing can last forever, and that includes some of NASA’s most ambitious, yet controversial, projects.
The troubled Orion spacecraft and Frankenstein's monster standing on the pad, SLS, often criticized as bloated and outdated, may finally be nearing their twilight.
Long plagued by delays and eye-watering costs, these programs have become symbols of bureaucratic excess and taxpayer frustration.
But here’s the twist: Trump’s 2026 space budget might just pull the plug on both, clearing the way for a new era of faster, cheaper, and more innovative lunar exploration.
So that brings us to the big question: What’s next? What kind of spacecraft could lead us back to the Moon and beyond?
All that and more, coming up in today’s episode of Techmap!
SpaceX's Big Design Dragon Upgrade to the Moon Instead of NASA 4$ Billion Rocket...
In 2005, NASA launched the Constellation program—an ambitious crewed spaceflight initiative with three major goals: completing the International Space Station, returning humans to the Moon by 2020, and ultimately sending astronauts to Mars.
This is where Artemis' backbone was born. The Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System both originated from Constellation. Orion, built by Lockheed Martin, was initially created as the Crew Exploration Vehicle under this program. The SLS rocket heavily borrowed design elements from Constellation’s Ares rockets and the Space Shuttle, including repurposed RS-25 Shuttle engines and solid rocket boosters. However, unlike SpaceX’s innovations, these boosters aren't reusable.
SpaceX's Big Design Dragon Upgrade to the Moon Instead of NASA 4$ Billion Rocket...
Despite its promise, Constellation came crashing down just five years later. Why? It never got beyond a prototype launch. Soaring costs and persistent technical problems doomed the program.
When President Barack Obama took office, he had a different vision for NASA’s future—one that embraced private sector partnerships like SpaceX, allowing NASA to focus on non-commercially viable projects. Canceling Constellation cleared the path for this shift, a strategy that’s largely shaping the space industry today.
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