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    Watch Atlas V rocket launch on its final national security mission early July 30

    They use Atlas V because they already have the engines in inventory. They are already paid for, manufactured and waiting to launch. All the remaining Atlas V rockets launches were also scheduled long ago and the payloads were designed to fit in its fairing.
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    NASA's moon-orbiting space station will be claustrophobic, architect admits

    Lunar Gateway is only meant as a transfer station to move astronauts form Orion to HLS and back. Its not for long term habitation.
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    Blue Origin-led 'National Team' delivers mock-up moon lander to NASA for tests

    Because Antarctica is nothing like the moon. No water, no snow or surface ice, no wind, no penguins on the moon. No dangerous radiation, no dusty regolith, no vacuum, no baking temperatures in the sun, no microgravity in Antarctica