SpaceX wins contract to land humans on the Moon. NASA paying for custom starship

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SpaceX has been selected to develop a lunar optimized Starship to transport crew between lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon as part of @NASA’s Artemis program! https://t.co/FRmwWisKfH pic.twitter.com/z1bkUrQMK8

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 30, 2020

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2 other landers are also being funded. This picture shows starship, the original lunar lander, the national team (blue origin+old space) lander, and the Dynetics lander side by side.

Starship is crazy but without it, the other two options are still amazing and I hope they work out.

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Starship SN4 STATIC FIRE!

First time a Raptor has fired up on a SpaceX Starship. They'll be reviewing, so let's hope the data shows it was a good test!

LIVE: https://t.co/aWoB55kubG

Clip: pic.twitter.com/y2yLVxtwok

— Chris B - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) May 6, 2020