Max Q: NASA signs up new Moon delivery companies

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sign up here to receive Max Q weekly in your inbox, starting December 15.There were lot of highlights in the space industry this past week
(even though a rocket launch that was supposed to happened is now pushed to Monday)
The biggest news for commercial space might just be that NASA signed on five new companies to its list of approved vendors for lunar payload
some good, some bad
Origin, SpaceX, Ceres Robotics, Sierra Nevada Corporation and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems
can officially bid for the chance
Alongside 9 other companies selected previously by NASA, their bids will be considered by the NASA based on cost, viability and other
just a little bit during cryo testing
Dream Chaser that can really add to its versatility.Nanoracks will launch a test craft that can convert old spaceships into orbital
habitatsThis demonstration mission is just a start, but the tech that Nanoracks is launching aboard a future SpaceX launch will be able to
cut metal in space, marking the first time a robotic piece of equipment has done that
up of icy oceans
and he noted that the stainless steel alloy that makes up its skin is the same material that SpaceX is developing and using on its new
Starship spacecraft
Sometimes, being CEO of both a car company and a space company at the same time really pays off.Space is inspiring new kinds of startupsA
opportunity for companies to emerge that specialize in helping those same large companies find out where they fit in this new frontier
Luna is one such co, putting the puzzle pieces together for health tech companies.