S8 Ep1109: Risk Aversion and Logistical Timelines for Moon Landings. Rick Fisher and Doug Messier. The Chinesespace program is highly risk-averse to protect the Communist Party's legitimacy. While NASA is "game on," it faces challenges with the Starship lander, whic
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 9 July 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:59.9 | This is Hotel Mars with David Livingston, Doug Messier of Substack, and Rick Fisher of |
| 1:06.4 | International Assessment and Strategy Center. David, you have a question for them about the moon launch? |
| 1:12.6 | Who's more risk-averse? |
| 1:14.8 | Does China have any risk-averseness at all? |
| 1:18.7 | I know we're still pretty risk-averse. |
| 1:22.1 | How would you assess that, Rick? |
| 1:24.9 | Very risk-averse. |
| 1:27.3 | A failure would pose a very high risk to the Chinese Communist Party regime. Certainly, it would survive a catastrophe, but the internal ruction that would result would be highly unsettling for that regime. |
| 1:51.2 | So very risk-averse, cannot tolerate any disasters. |
| 1:59.1 | Doug, what's NASA under Isaacman? |
| 2:01.6 | Is it risk-averse or are they game on? |
| 2:04.6 | Game on, it seems. |
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