🔎 Today’s Daily Sift: Space MACRO NASA is pivoting away from the Lunar Gateway toward a permanent Moon base. This is a strategic shift from presence to occupation. Artemis timelines are reshuffling. First true landing now pushed closer to 2028. The subtext is clear. This is a race to control the surface, not just visit it. ⸻ TECH SIGNALS Nuclear propulsion is back on the table, with targets pointing toward a Mars capable system before 2029. This changes the physics of expansion. Less fuel constraint. More continuous motion. At the same time, observations of the Crab Nebula show cosmic change happening in real time. Space is no longer static. It is dynamic and evolving within human timescales. ⸻ STRUCTURE SHIFT The ISS era is quietly winding down. What replaces it will not just be government stations, but hybrid systems shaped by private operators. NASA is moving toward redundancy and optionality, reducing reliance on any single provider. ⸻ GEOPOLITICS China remains the ...