Eric Berger
Senior space editor at Ars Technica; wrote Liftoff and Reentry on SpaceX, and reports on launch and rocket programmes.
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A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms.
In all of NASA’s and China’s plans for long-term settlement on the Moon, relatively few square miles at the South Pole of the Moon matter the most.
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Launch is getting harder to buy even as it gets cheaper: demand for orbit has outrun the supply of rockets.
Paradoxically, though, there is a growing crunch in launch availability.
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A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms.
In all of NASA’s and China’s plans for long-term settlement on the Moon, relatively few square miles at the South Pole of the Moon matter the most.
The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China’s space program Said 18 Aug 2026
Almost nobody in America is paying attention to the space race with China, and a Chinese landing at the lunar south pole will change that.
This will likely serve as a wake-up call to those not paying attention to the US-China space race—which, to be clear, is the vast majority of Americans.
The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China’s space program Said 18 Aug 2026
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
If China can land humans on the Moon before the United States returns, it will represent a huge geopolitical win.
The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China’s space program Said 18 Aug 2026
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Launch is getting harder to buy even as it gets cheaper: demand for orbit has outrun the supply of rockets.
Paradoxically, though, there is a growing crunch in launch availability.
There’s a huge launch crunch right now, and it will probably get worse Said 17 Aug 2026
The shortage of launch capacity will get worse over the next few years, not better.
And if things are bad now, there are reasons to believe they may get even worse over the next two to four years.
There’s a huge launch crunch right now, and it will probably get worse Said 17 Aug 2026
SpaceX is retiring the rocket that made cheap launch possible in order to fly its own satellites on a bigger one.
The company that is almost exclusively responsible for the dramatic increase in launch availability in the 2020s has signaled that it intends to wind down Falcon 9 operations as quickly as possible in favor of the larger Starship rocket.
There’s a huge launch crunch right now, and it will probably get worse Said 17 Aug 2026
Selling launches to other people is now a rounding error for SpaceX next to the money it makes from its own satellites.
In financial documents, it’s clear that SpaceX views commercial launch as a rounding error compared to revenues from its own satellites in space.
There’s a huge launch crunch right now, and it will probably get worse Said 17 Aug 2026
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A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. 2 hold this
If China can land humans on the Moon before the United States returns, it will represent a huge geopolitical win.
The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China’s space program Said 18 Aug 2026
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- After Texas' blue wave, what happens to Elon Musk and SpaceX? 4 Nov 2026 "Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now."
- This space company is betting its future on a propellant available everywhere 3 Nov 2026 Is that water in your spacecraft, or are you just happy to see the delta-V?
- China publicly discloses plan for a lunar landing within three years 2 Nov 2026 The plan does not include a mission similar to Apollo 8 or Artemis II.
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- Analysts find looming launch crisis is "more severe" than anticipated 30 Oct 2026 There's no evidence that Starship will launch traditional satellites, either.
- SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency 29 Oct 2026 "NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it."
- The last, best hope for space tourism just rolled onto a runway in Arizona 28 Oct 2026 It has been nearly a year since any space tourism flights occurred.
- NASA updates lander plans for Moon landings, finally solves long-festering Orion issue 23 Oct 2026 "We have the mandate, we have the resources, and the support from our stakeholders."
- Rocket Report: SpaceX says no thanks to military launches; Spanish rocket nearly ready 23 Oct 2026 "We believe Canada should be able to reach orbit on its own terms."
- Latest estimate for Starship launches required to support a Moon landing? 22. 22 Oct 2026 "We need to keep our eyes on numerous required fuelings for the lander."
- SpaceX to attempt Starship catch on next flight, with eye on rapid cadence increase 21 Oct 2026 "We have had significant constructive engagement with the FAA."
- Merging SpaceX and Tesla would be a "good idea," Musk says 20 Oct 2026 "I do think there's a lot of merit to combining the companies."
- Does anyone actually want to win the medium-lift race in the United States? 20 Oct 2026 Ars Technica is here to help with a guide to the medium-lift space race.
- Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket 16 Oct 2026 The infrastructure is designed to support multiple flights per week by the end of the decade.
- NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations 9 Oct 2026 "We’ve made it clear that NASA will never give up its presence in low-Earth orbit."
- Rocket Report: A rare Falcon 9 scrub; is it just about Vulcan's time to shine? 9 Oct 2026 "I can say we’re weeks away from launching on Vulcan."
- Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, will launch space internet service by end of year 8 Oct 2026 "If this was easy, everybody else would be doing it."
- It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane 6 Oct 2026 To date, this Atlantic tropics year has been exceptionally quiet.
- Why is NASA bringing 7,500 contractors back to work as civil servants? 6 Oct 2026 "The administrator's directive is a coherent and necessary vision for the future."
- US military ends long-running program to spot nuclear missile launches 2 Oct 2026 A newer program has been operational since 2011, and the next generation could launch within 12 months.
- As US relations fray, Canada gets serious about its own launch industry 1 Oct 2026 The Canada Rocket Company gets serious about medium-lift launch.
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- Note to those who attacked my story on SpaceX last week, claiming that Superbird-9 was launching on Starship next year. I asked if it was. The response: 4 Nov 2026
- Three former SpaceX engineers who worked on the Falcon 9 founded a cool company to build water-powered spacecraft. Now they can't get a rideshare, so for their next mission they're flying on a "new" rocket. 3 Nov 2026 arstechnica.com
- Finally, a schedule for China's lunar landing. 2 Nov 2026 arstechnica.com
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- The launch crisis is real, analysts say. Also, some interesting comments from Telesat’s CEO on whether Starship will launch commercial satellites. 30 Oct 2026 arstechnica.com
- My favorite captain. RIP. ♥️ 29 Oct 2026 nytimes.com
- I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about, and talking to people about a post-Falcon world. Why sunset the world’s best rocket? Can Starship replace it? What about Artemis? Why are SpaceXers flocking to Memphis? Grab a coffee, this is a long one. 29 Oct 2026 arstechnica.com
- Can Virgin Galactic save the space tourism industry? 28 Oct 2026 arstechnica.com
- I was wrong about SLS possibly going away after Artemis III, IV, or V. It will be around into the 2030s. Some good decisions to excise the EUS albatross and increase fueling reliability make it more palatable. Biggest issue is no commercial rockets stepping up to obviate it. 28 Oct 2026
- Relativity Space has kept quiet since the takeover by @ericschmidt, but I'm continuing to hear anecdotal, but good things about their progress. A viable Terran R solves a lot of problems for the US commercial space industry. 27 Oct 2026
- Ars reported this back in June, fwiw. At the time Roscosmos told NASA officials it would decommission the PrK module. NASA made no public statements because it did not want to embarrass the Russian space agency. 26 Oct 2026 arstechnica.com
- Credit to NASA, they're really trying to set up their lunar lander partners for success. 23 Oct 2026 arstechnica.com
- Important detail RE Blue Origin's lunar architecture. According to NASA's Jeremy Parsons, the company could launch its transfer stages on expendable 7x2 New Glenns, or reusable 9x4s. 23 Oct 2026
- It is so refreshing to hear a NASA administrator address issues that have long been these huge elephants in the room, like Orion's inability to reach low-lunar orbit. Everyone knew it was an issue, but no one did anything about it for 15 years. Finally, it's being addressed. 23 Oct 2026
- NASA will provide an update on its progress toward Artemis III and Artemis IV. This is the information they're releasing on SpaceX and Blue Origin's landers: 23 Oct 2026
- A Catch-22? 22 Oct 2026 arstechnica.com
- Another "fun" detail from today's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel meeting concerning the ISS. If the space station's lifetime is extended from 2030 to 2032, it is likely the US Deorbit Vehicle (a modified Dragon spacecraft) would launch on a non-Falcon rocket. 22 Oct 2026
- Just now, on the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel call, member Charlie Precourt said the latest estimate for refuelings needed to support a Starship landing on the Moon is "around 22" launches. 22 Oct 2026
- Is next year finally the year when Starship reaches an inflection point and takes off? 21 Oct 2026 arstechnica.com
- Asked about a SpaceX-Tesla merger on Tuesday, Elon Musk said it was up to shareholders, but said he thought it would be a good idea. 20 Oct 2026 arstechnica.com
- From its financial documents for 3Q 2026, it appears that SpaceX spent about $1 billion on Starship development during the last three months. 20 Oct 2026
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