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An artist’s rendering of Reaction Dynamics’ Aurora, left, and the larger Borealis rocket.

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Reaction Dynamics

An artist’s rendering of Reaction Dynamics’ Aurora, left, and the larger Borealis rocket.

Credit:

Reaction Dynamics

Welcome to Edition 9.16 of the Rocket Report! Lots of SpaceX-related news this week including a couple of Thursday shockers. In one story, the company told the US Space Force thanks, but no thanks after being offered three military launch contracts. Then, on the civil space side of things, SpaceX’s Starship may required up to 22 refuelings to support a lunar landing, a NASA safety panel said.

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