SpaceX Starship Faces Herculean Tech Hurdles In Race To Moon Landing
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- Aerospace & Defense Space X Starship Faces Herculean Tech Hurdles In Race To Moon Landing By Kevin Holden Platt,
- Stepping up pressure on SpaceX to whizz through a progression of Herculean-level leaps in space technology, the White House has issued an executive order that mandates “returning Americans to the Moon by 2028.”
- Blue Origin’s lunar teams “would not be watching as spectators,” says Hurley, founder of the influential think tank New Space Economy, which also publishes a digital magazine.
Aerospace & Defense Space X Starship Faces Herculean Tech Hurdles In Race To Moon Landing By Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kevin Holden Platt writes on space defense, Space X, ISS, Space War I Follow Author May 26, 2026, 06:29pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.After acing a flight test of its newest generation Starship super-capsule, Space X still has to speed through an obstacle course of tech challenges, stretching out across 380,000 kilometers, to win the race to land astronauts around the impact craters of the Moon. (Photo by Sergio FLORES / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesDespite acing a flight test of its newest generation Starship super-capsule, SpaceX still has to speed through an obstacle course of tech challenges, stretching out across 380,000 kilometers, to win the race to land astronauts around the impact craters of the Moon, say leading North American space scholars.
Stepping up pressure on SpaceX to whizz through a progression of Herculean-level leaps in space technology, the White House has issued an executive order that mandates “returning Americans to the Moon by 2028.”