Apologies
About half an hour ago, I sent off a post on this newsletter (the first proper once in its new Nazi-free, Buttondown incarnation). And then immediately after sending, I realised that it really should have included an introductory paragraph explaining what the hell Starship HLS was, for those who - unlike me - aren't obsessively following current NASA programmes.
I don't like updating a post after I've sent it to subscribers, but in this case I felt that it was an important enough omission that I should. So I did. The updated post (the only change is a new first paragraph) can be found here:
I Don't Get Lunar Starship (SpaceX's Starship HLS) • Buttondown
For those who don't know, nearly three years ago NASA selected a lunar-landing variant of SpaceX's Starship as the craft to land humans on the Moon as part...
Sorry about this. In my defence, I'm still getting over the bout of Covid I came down with before Christmas. I think my brain is mostly working, but I do get tired, and perhaps then a bit more impatient than I otherwise would.
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