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Re:SpaceX loses its third Starship prototype during a cryoge... by de_watcher on Friday April 03, 2020 @10:18AM (#22769336)
They don't have a Moon plan. They're just developing a "classic" Dragon-2 cargo capsule for potential orders that may be for the Moon or a Moon orbital station.
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Re:SpaceX loses its third Starship prototype during a cryoge... by gpm on Friday April 03, 2020 @11:22AM (#22770118)
Is specifically for a moon orbital station, and is already contracted by NASA.

Elon has already indicated that they are hoping to prove out Starship and then get NASA to approve them substituting it for those missions [1].

[1] Tweet seems to be deleted, so here's an embedded copy on NSF https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=47352.msg2...

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