DiscoverThe Space Show by Dr. David LivingstonHotel Mars feature Doug Messier on the challenges of beating China to the Moon, stress in NASA, human lunar lander delays with SpaceX and much more. Doug breaks it all down for us.
Hotel Mars feature Doug Messier on the challenges of beating China to the Moon, stress in NASA, human lunar lander delays with SpaceX and much more. Doug breaks it all down for us.

Hotel Mars feature Doug Messier on the challenges of beating China to the Moon, stress in NASA, human lunar lander delays with SpaceX and much more. Doug breaks it all down for us.

Update: 2025-11-05
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Doug Messier was our Hotel Mars guest to discuss the challenges and the struggles concerning NASA getting back to the Moon before China even gets to the Moon. and the Moon Race Douglas Messier both responded to questions by John and David and he discussed a power struggle over NASA, including acting administrator Shawn Duffy’s interest in folding NASA into the Department of Transportation and his concern that the United States might lose the Moon Race 2.0 to China. The race is such a high priority to the administration that Duffy has even challenged SpaceX’s contract for the Artemis 3 moon landing, aiming to accelerate lander development amid fears that dependence on the complex Starship/Superheavy architecture might delay the mission beyond 2029. Doug breaks it all down for us in this edition of Hotel Mars.



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Hotel Mars feature Doug Messier on the challenges of beating China to the Moon, stress in NASA, human lunar lander delays with SpaceX and much more. Doug breaks it all down for us.

Hotel Mars feature Doug Messier on the challenges of beating China to the Moon, stress in NASA, human lunar lander delays with SpaceX and much more. Doug breaks it all down for us.

Dr. David M. Livingston