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NASA's secret weapon in the lunar space race may be ... procurement reform?

Senior NASA officials held a lengthy news conference last weekend, laying out a series of lunar contract awards, new contract opportunities, and mission decisions.

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"Hopefully, we're keeping industry on their toes trying to catch up to all the solicitations we're doing," said Carlos García-Galán, manager of the Moon Base Program, more than 90 minutes into the news conference.

They followed one after the other: landers, nuclear-powered rovers, scouting drones, power generation, storage, and communication satellites.

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