Mass Value Report for May 2023

The race to send mass to low Earth orbit is over for now and SpaceX has won decisively. But what about the race to send mass to the lunar surface?

Recently NASA announced its selection of a ‘National Team’ lead by Blue Origin to produce a second human landing system for the Artemis program. The initial landings will be taken care of by SpaceX’s Starship, but this new lander will take over from Artemis V, currently scheduled for 2029.

Blue Origin was formed by Jeff Bezos to realise the vision Gerard…