Apr 1, 2026 · 51 min · 19 segments
With the successful launch of Artemis II and NASA's return to the moon six decades later, we thought this a good time to dust off episode 189 from April 2024 featuring Reid "Tonto" Wiseman, mission…
Reid WisemanGuestTucker HamiltonHost
I think if you looked in the details, you could find competition everywhere, and that's okay.
But I think if you step back and look at what we're doing at Artemis as a whole, NASA has set a trajectory, which is sustainable presence, permanent sustainable presence on and around the moon so that we can advance to Mars.
And then all of the tech that comes in to fill those holes is where my passion comes in.
The Artemis Accords for the peaceful use of the moon now signed by 29 nations around the planet.
And then where we have holes in our ability You got fixed price contracts with SpaceX to build a lander, now Blue Origin coming on board to build a lander.
And then where you start to get out of the glossy brochure a little bit are these commercial payload systems that NASA has said, hey, we want to land this payload on the moon.
Who's going to do that for us? And so Intuitive Machines is right down the road.
It's amazing to step back and look at all of the private industry that's lining up behind a single vision of sustainable presence on and around the moon, future exploration on Mars.
And then looking at the space station commercial crew program, incredibly successful, especially on the SpaceX side.
What they are doing, they've had now two private missions to the space station through Axiom.
SpaceX has launched one fully private mission with Jared doing Inspiration4, and they're going to do another with Polaris Dawn.
What they're doing that's coming on the heels of Commercial Crew, Bob and Doug got that vehicle ready to fly with SpaceX.
I think if you looked in the details, you could find competition everywhere, and that's okay.
But I think if you step back and look at what we're doing at Artemis as a whole, NASA has set a trajectory, which is sustainable presence, permanent sustainable presence on and around the moon so that we can advance to Mars.
And then all of the tech that comes in to fill those holes is where my passion comes in.
The Artemis Accords for the peaceful use of the moon now signed by 29 nations around the planet.
And then where we have holes in our ability You got fixed price contracts with SpaceX to build a lander, now Blue Origin coming on board to build a lander.
And then where you start to get out of the glossy brochure a little bit are these commercial payload systems that NASA has said, hey, we want to land this payload on the moon.
Who's going to do that for us? And so Intuitive Machines is right down the road.
It's amazing to step back and look at all of the private industry that's lining up behind a single vision of sustainable presence on and around the moon, future exploration on Mars.
And then looking at the space station commercial crew program, incredibly successful, especially on the SpaceX side.
What they are doing, they've had now two private missions to the space station through Axiom.
SpaceX has launched one fully private mission with Jared doing Inspiration4, and they're going to do another with Polaris Dawn.
What they're doing that's coming on the heels of Commercial Crew, Bob and Doug got that vehicle ready to fly with SpaceX.
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