News Summary

• SpaceX plans to use its giant new Starship vehicle to land people on the Moon and Mars send numerous Starlink satellites or large telescopes into space or perhaps even serve as a high speed point to point terrestrial transport for equipment or people
• The effort could result in repurposing Starship into a commercial space station something NASA has a keen interest in because there are no plans for a government owned research lab in low Earth orbit after the International Space Station is decommissioned
• The space agency announced last month a new round of agreements with seven commercial companies including SpaceX