On 2021-04-22 21:04, Snidely wrote:
Lo, on the 4/21/2021, Niklas Holsti did proclaim ...
...
Even the SpaceX proposal exceeded the money available for the first
year(s), so NASA had to negotiate a delayed payment plan with SpaceX.

Also, this is not the whole enchilada of lunar landings, and may only
cover the first /unmanned/ lunar landing.


The current SpaceX contract includes one unmanned landing and one manned
landing. Of course, that is only the _plan_.

But yes, there will be more opportunities. The question is if there is
any credible competition for SpaceX at that time. Given the weaknesses
and price of the losing proposals from the National Team and Dynetics
that may be doubted.