NASA has released the full Artemis II lunar science dataset, including five faint impact flashes the crew marked by hand on a tablet image. Scientists outside the mission can now examine those sightings, though without a stated watch time they cannot yet give an impact rate.
Perspective Coverage
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- Builder
- Builder 40%
- Operator
- Operator 37%
- Investor
- Investor 23%
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives35
- Confidence60
SpaceX cargo resupply mission carries test of building artificial retinas in orbit
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Oct. 13 to fly more than 6,300 pounds of cargo to the space station on a Dragon capsule. On board are experiments testing whether microgravity builds better artificial retinas and heart tissue models.
Reality
- Evidence50
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives55
- Confidence65
Artemis II's Wiseman and Glover become volunteer NASA mentors ahead of Artemis III
Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover moved to emeritus advisory roles at NASA to help teams prepare Artemis III for 2027. Their Orion experience will now reach that Earth-orbit docking test through volunteer mentoring.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives60
- Confidence70
Four Congressional Space Medals of Honor close out the first crewed SLS and Orion flight
The Artemis II crew flew 252,756 miles from Earth, farther than anyone before them. The medals presented in Houston close the mission out institutionally, while its successor is scheduled to stay in low Earth orbit.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption32
- Hype gap+24
- Incentives78
- Confidence68
Deloitte's $566bn lunar ceiling comes to under a third of SpaceX's market cap
The advisory firm's range runs $343 billion to $566 billion through 2050. The $223 billion between those numbers is a bet on water ice, helium-3 and lunar data centres, and SpaceX now marks it quarterly.
Reality
- Evidence32
- Adoption34
- Hype gap+48
- Incentives74
- Confidence52