- Chris Hadfield says the rockets from NASA, SpaceX, and Blue Origin won't take people to Mars http://www.businessinsider.com/chris-hadfield-mars-travel-nasa-spacex-blue-origin-2018-6 459 comments spacex
- When the Falcon 9 rocket makes its inaugural test flight, expected later this month, it will carry with it NASA's hopes for a new generation of low-cost rockets to ferry cargo and people into space. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=nasa-science-hopes-rest-on-spacex 8 comments space
- NASA’s daunting to-do list for sending people back to the Moon - The agency needs a finished rocket, a tiny space station, and a brand new lander https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/18/18629403/nasa-artemis-moon-program-funds-hardware-apollo-11-anniversary 5 comments technology
- NASA's Apollo program considered sending people to the Moon atop a massive Nova rocket instead of the Saturn V. At nearly twice the power of the Saturn V, Nova was a mind-blowingly large rocket capable of delivering 12 million pounds (5.4 million kg) of thrust at launch. http://astronomy.com/news/2019/05/nova-the-apollo-rocket-that-never-was 14 comments space
- When asked about the future space vehicles of NASA, SpaceX, and Blue Origin, astronaut Chris Hadfield said, "I don't think any of those three rockets is taking people to Mars." Hadfield said we'll need some "outlandish" new space-travel technologies if we want to get to and from Mars practically. https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-hadfield-mars-travel-nasa-spacex-blue-origin-2018-6?r=us&ir=t 28 comments space