BREAKING: SpaceX has reportedly told companies developing lunar landers for NASA that it will no longer provide launch services for their missions, according to new reporting by Ars Technica. The decision could complicate NASA's plans to establish a sustained presence on the Moon, as smaller lunar lander developers may need to turn to alternative rockets such as Blue Origin's New Glenn. The disclosure comes amid a broader shift in SpaceX's launch business: SpaceX $SPCX has told NASA it intends to retire Crew Dragon by 2030, reportedly stopped offering new commercial Falcon 9 launches beyond 2028, and declined to bid on three additional U.S. Space Force launch contracts. SpaceX continues to fulfill its existing government commitments, but the developments raise questions about NASA's growing dependence on a company increasingly focused on Starship, Starlink and AI infrastructure.

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Our deep dive on how military satellites dodge and weave like fighter jets and are jousting in orbit as space becomes more militarized. wapo.st/4p74V0P

NASA should have a new administrator within the next 24 hours or so. It's been a year-long slog to reach this point, but things should move quickly after confirmation.

We gave it a try with the cute startup names, and dropping vowels to be unique. Time to go back to “American Computing Corporation” or “US Steel”.