Talking Space

This episode is packed full of news and insights. Let’s get to it!   In the News Roundup: NASA selects the second lunar lander partnership for the Artemis moon missions Rocket Lab scoops up a bargain with purchase of lease for Virgin Orbit’s Long Beach, CA headquarters and the usual “certain other assets” Virgin Galactic’s Unity 25 successful test flight with a full test-crew complement – next comes paying customers Spain joins the Artemis Accords The Axiom Ax2 Mission is accomplished, spending eight days aboard the ISS and returning to Earth safely on May 30, 2023 Join the Europa Clipper mission and have your name engraved on NASA’s spacecraft as it prepares to leave for Europa   Next, Larry brings us a story about Elon Musk’s companies (SpaceX and The Boring Company) making messes seemingly everywhere they go in Texas. Regulatory agencies can hardly keep up with the citations and Notices of Violation for environmental and public safety concerns. Regarding our coverage of an environmentalist group’s lawsuit