Artemis Moves the Landing to 2028—and Puts the Test in Orbit — October 25, 2026

NASA’s revised Artemis sequence makes Artemis III an orbital docking rehearsal and targets a crewed landing for Artemis IV in 2028. We also cover Rocket Lab’s Neutron delay, Musk’s statements about Starlink’s civilian role, an ESA Space Rider post, and the limits of comparing Rocket Lab with SpaceX by valuation. NASA Artemis moon landing plan targets 2028 with faster approach — Mashable Rocket Lab Just Postponed Its Neutron Launch. Again. — Yahoo Finance Musk: Starlink must remain civilian operation — Breakingthenews.net ESA downplays Space Rider test mishap — SpaceNews on X Rocket Lab vs SpaceX: $30B vs $2.2T Cap — Tech Insider Chapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:52 Neutron debut slips into 2027 02:01 Musk on Starlink in Ukraine 03:28 Rocket Lab comparison with SpaceX 04:34 NASA recast Artemis III as docking test 08:03 Whether speed buys real risk reduction Source links nasa.gov spacenews.com spacepolicyonline.com Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice. Follow Space Stakes: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify More from Brian Lampert: Quickly Quantum , the daily quantum computing briefing, and Concrete Compute , the daily AI infrastructure briefing. Transcripts and every episode: space-stakes.kngoworld.chatgpt.site .