SpaceX Cargo Dragon XL Spacecraft – Dead on the Drawing Board?

SpaceX will launch a variant of Dragon, optimized to carry more than 5 metric tons of cargo to Gateway in lunar orbit https://t.co/NdJaFU1xSD

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 27, 2020

So, uhhhh, this RFI sorta fell under the radar! Finally got around to reading it and it's hard not to interpret it as a tailor-made way for NASA to leave Dragon XL on the drawing board – possibly with HLS Starship already in mind as a superior alternative that's already funded. https://t.co/3UtCuHgDYW

— Eric Ralph (@13ericralph31) April 18, 2022