Intuitive Machines calls for “infrastructure-first” focus for Artemis

by Jeff FoustNovember 14, 2024November 14, 2024

Intuitive Machines is preparing IM-2, a Nova-C lunar lander dubbed Athena, for a mission to the moon’s south pole. Onboard the lander is NASA’s Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) experiment designed to search for water ice on the moon. Credit: Intuitive Machines

Intuitive Machines suggested the need for “reformulation” of NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration campaign to accommodate budget issues and delays.

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Jeff Foust

Jeff Foust has more than a decade of experience writing about space policy, entrepreneurial ventures and regulatory affairs. In 2001, he established spacetoday.net to aggregate and summarize the day's space-related news stories. In 2003, he started The... More by Jeff Foust