Technology2 Apr 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Artemis II is NASA’s last Moon mission without Silicon Valley 

SpaceX launched its IPO on the same day the U.S. sent astronauts to the Moon for the first time in 54 years. And the timing is appropriate: This is likely the…

SpaceX launched its IPO on the same day the U.S. sent astronauts to the Moon for the first time in 54 years. And the timing is appropriate: This is likely the last time NASA will try to send people to deep space without major assistance from a company that emerged from the venture-backed tech scene. The origins of NASA’s current lunar campaign trace a complicated path back to the second Bush administration, which began developing an enormous rocket and a spacecraft called Orion to return to the…

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