Nasa head said agency is opening up contracts for crewed lunar program Artemis after SpaceX had to delay timelines
Nasa is looking to contract with other companies for its crewed lunar program as Elon Musk’s SpaceX is “behind” on its timeline, the space agency said Monday.
In an interview with CNBC, Sean Duffy, transportation secretary and interim head of Nasa, said the agency is “not going to wait for one company” as it pushes forward with its Artemis program to get astronauts on to the moon.
“SpaceX had the contract for Artemis III,” Duffy said, referring to the agency’s planned crewed moon mission. “By the way, I love SpaceX, it’s an amazing company. The problem is they’re behind. They’ve pushed their timelines out and we’re in a race against China.
“The president and I want to get to the moon in this president’s term, so I’m going to open up the contracts,” he added.
