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NASA left high and dry by SpaceX in xEVAS contract proposals<\/h2>\n

Last year NASA Office of Inspector General issued an audit of the agency\u2019s xEMU program, which wasn\u2019t good. This suit was intended to replace the current generation of EVA suits used on the International Space Station and for lunar exploration with the Artemis Program.<\/p>\n

The OIG\u2019s audit showed NASA\u2019s xEMU program was years delayed and required more funding to meet even those deadlines. This poor performance wasn\u2019t entirely NASA\u2019s fault, congress repeatedly did not meet NASA\u2019s requested funding year over year in its budget, but it was not a good sign for a then 2024 or even now a 2025 crewed landing on the Moon.<\/p>\n

To hopefully solve this issue, NASA did what it now knows best and opened up the opportunity to buy EVA services from the commercial sector. Musk shared on Twitter that while this process by NASA was going on, he was willing to help with the agency\u2019s problem. Although a SpaceX-built EVA suit was only rumored then, this offer further cemented the rumor as fact.<\/p>\n

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