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Stephen Clark on the modern space race, the SpaceX Starship and

Stephen Clark on the modern space race, the SpaceX Starship and

Update: 2025-09-27
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Stephen Clark covers spaceflight for ArsTechnica. He joins Steve Thomson to talk about the upcoming Artemis mission sending people towards the moon to set a new distance record for humans in space.

Steve asks about the long term viability of the program in their mission of putting humans back on the moon. Stephen thinks the future is there especially with the rise of international competition and private companies investing in space flight.

Stephen talks about Elon Musk’s fascination with Mars and wonders if SpaceX will lose sight of their moon project. He also touches on the political motivations of further investment in space has had on different cities and their economies across America.

https://arstechnica.com/author/stephenclark/
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Stephen Clark on the modern space race, the SpaceX Starship and

Stephen Clark on the modern space race, the SpaceX Starship and