This seems like a very strange story. Are they planning Falcon launches from Starbase, or is NASA entrusting the mission to Starship?
This seems like a very strange story. Are they planning Falcon launches from Starbase, or is NASA entrusting the mission to Starship?
Neither. The author is mistaken.
The actual NASA release references ‘SpaceX of Starbase, Texas’, that’s all. The new HQ – formerly in Hawthrone, CA.
This link would tend to confirm this:
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-service-task-order-for-pandora-mission/
First sentence:
NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Pandora mission, which will study at least 20 known exoplanets and their host stars to find out how changes in stars affect our observations of exoplanet atmospheres.