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

2020 … SpaceX Awarded Contract to Deliver Cargo to the Lunar Gateway

Dragon XL spacecraft is born!

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

NASA Awards Artemis Contract for Gateway Logistic….pdf

2021 … Dragon XL scope expansion?

2022 … Use HLS Starship instead of Dragon XL?

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