alt.hn

6/18/2026 at 11:29:02 PM

NASA picks Eric Schmidt's rocket company for Mars mission, sets up race w SpaceX

 https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/nasa-picks-eric-schmidts-rocket-company-for-mars-mission-setting-up-a-race-with-spacex/

by bookofjoe

6/19/2026 at 12:14:17 AM

They haven't even reached orbit yet and NASA gave them a contact for a Mars mission? Interesting.

by amanaplanacanal

6/19/2026 at 1:33:00 AM

What does this have anything to do with SpaceX? This is a contract between NASA and a startup, quite common.

Is it just for clickbait and to have the popular SpaceX tag?

by kvuj

6/18/2026 at 11:44:24 PM

We were better off when he wrote lexers

by coldtea