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\n CNN asked two space investment insiders \u2014 Phil Scully, general partner with Balerion Space Ventures, and Andrew Chanin, CEO of the investment firm ProcureAM \u2014 for their take on the race between SpaceX and Blue Origin to get NASA a vehicle capable of ferrying astronauts from lunar orbit down to the moon.\n <\/p>\n
\n SpaceX is putting up Starship for the task while Blue Origin is developing a more straightforward vehicle, called Blue Moon, which is far more similar to Apollo-style landers, such as the famed Eagle.\n <\/p>\n
\n Here\u2019s what Scully and Chanin \u2014 in separate email interviews that have been lightly edited for clarity \u2014 had to say:\n <\/p>\n
\n Do you think Blue Moon or Starship will conduct the first moon landing?\n <\/p>\n
\n Chanin: We are not allowed to make projections or predictions. It wouldn\u2019t be surprising to see Starship in the lead. But anything\u2019s possible.\n <\/p>\n
\n Scully: Starship V3 still needs to reach orbit, deploy payloads, and demonstrate reusability for both stages, along with in-space refueling. Essentially, the question of which conducts the first lunar landing likely comes down to a balance of execution timing and ambition. However, Blue Origin currently has a strong edge\n <\/p>\n
\n Do you think SpaceX missing out on a \u201cfirst\u201d to Blue Origin would affect investor perceptions?\n <\/p>\n
\n Chanin: I think it would be less problematic for SpaceX if they weren\u2019t first, but any downside to SpaceX would likely be less than the benefit to Blue Origin.\n <\/p>\n
\n Scully: While a Blue Origin \u201cfirst\u201d could create a short-term narrative shift, it\u2019s unlikely to materially change the long-term perception of SpaceX, which is driven more by its existing scale, diversified business base, and how Starship could define the future of space operations.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CNN asked two space investment insiders \u2014 Phil Scully, general partner with Balerion Space Ventures, and Andrew Chanin,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[85,46,141,145],"class_list":["post-457590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}