SpaceX Starship Moon Lander Faces More Delays, US Audit Finds
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-10/spacex-s-starship-moon-lander-likely-to-face-more-delays-report?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MzIzODA2NCwiZXhwIjoxNzczODQyODY0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQk9YTEJLSVVQVFMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyQTkxRTkwNkYyQTY0RDEzOUE3QTQ2NDAxMzE4QUEzQyJ9.BS30NizB9yBVfb-j5-uG3kZQEX6dwIzdNbo5MMg66mk
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My biggest problem with Starship HLS is its size. All other decisions have some kind of technical justification, some better, some worse. But I don’t see why it has to be so big. Just build it shorter. Easier to land, easier to refuel. I don’t understand.
BLUF Starship looks like it will be an amazing shuttle replacement.
If it takes 10-15 launches to get it fueled up to go to the moon that is a logistical nightmare. Long term that might work out for later stages of moon base building for cargo and providing additional structure and internal volume on the moon as a one way trip.
But doesn’t make sense for the first boots on the ground lander or to make hops from lunar orbit to the crew rerun capsule.
They really need to split starship into two stages to make it practical as a lunar lander.
Starship will never land on the moon. Even if they try, it’ll probably fall over.