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SpaceX's giant rocket may leave NASA in the dust

As the spaceflight and AI company charges ahead with a more powerful rocket, it's retiring a workhorse for the space agency. What will NASA do?

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Geoff Brumfiel works as a senior editor and correspondent on NPR's science desk.

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