NASA’s Moon Base Buildout: Where the Money Goes

By Space Investor, Posted on X.com, 8 November 2026 NASA named 15 companies in its latest Moon Base announcement. Cargo landers, a nuclear-powered rover, Earth-to-Moon transportation, communications satellites and surface power. The headline number is $10 billion. The more immediate work includes six transportation task orders worth about $1.3 billion

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Newly renamed Space Force base at Cape Canaveral in Florida. [Source: spacecoastdaily.com]

Cape pressing ahead with spaceport upgrades despite near-term launch downturn

Space Force base at Cape Canaveral in Florida. [Source: spacecoastdaily.com] By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 31 October 2026 ORLANDO, Fla. — Despite a downturn in launches from Cape Canaveral this year, the Space Force is pushing ahead with efforts to support much higher launch rates, including assigning another

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SpaceX’s Starfall capsule delivers cargo for US Air Force in landmark ‘point to point’ space mission

Artist's illustration of a Starfall reentry vehicle separating from a satellite in low-Earth orbit. SpaceX's Starship is in the background. Credit: SpaceX By Josh Dinner, Published by Space.com, 29 October 2026 Point-to-point delivery, or P2D, is a VBD according to the AFRL. The U.S. Air Force is opening up about

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Ukrainians are increasingly using drones at the front line - sometimes for surveillance and sometimes to act as weapons

Ukraine improves jet-powered drone interception rates, but Starlink disruptions threaten progress

Ukrainians using drones at the front line By Sasha Vakulina, Published by Euronews, 27 October 2026 Ukraine made significant progress in countering Russia's jet-powered drones, with some air defence units reporting interception rates around 80%. But recent restrictions on US satellite services exposed Kyiv's reliance on US technology as it

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NASA Changes Moon Missions Profile Again, SpaceX and Blue Origin Fight to Land Astronauts There

Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first NASA astronauts to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program. Credit: SpaceX By Daniel Patrascu, Published by Autoevolution, 25 October 2026 American space agency NASA agains revises the profile of the upcoming crewed missions to the

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US military gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX access to sensitive tracking data

The SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California, about 15 miles south-west of downtown Los Angeles. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By Tom Perkins, Published by The Guardian, 25 October 2026 This gives the company an advantage in tracking objects in orbit, raising national security concerns and fears of greater control over the

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