Yeah I've recently seen this story on another news outlet this is good for humanity we haven't had one of these in 6 decades. It will also put more pressure on NASA to get some of their astronauts to the moon, though I think Elon might make get astronauts to the moon earlier than 2030.
> though I think Elon might make get astronauts to the moon earlier than 2030.
If we are talking about Starship, this would require SpaceX demonstrating:
- A crew compartment for Starship
- Starship landing and taking off from the Moon
- An elevator to take them to/from the surface
- A tanker
- A LEO fuel depot
- Reliable in-orbit fuel transfer (more than 10 needed for Lunar Starship
This is assuming a plan using an orbit current SLS/Orion can reach. If that's not possible, NASA also needs a higher energy service module that can place Orion on a circular lunar orbit.
There are only 4 years until 2030. There is absolutely no way the US can do that by 2030.
Yeah I've recently seen this story on another news outlet this is good for humanity we haven't had one of these in 6 decades. It will also put more pressure on NASA to get some of their astronauts to the moon, though I think Elon might make get astronauts to the moon earlier than 2030.
> though I think Elon might make get astronauts to the moon earlier than 2030.
If we are talking about Starship, this would require SpaceX demonstrating:
- A crew compartment for Starship
- Starship landing and taking off from the Moon
- An elevator to take them to/from the surface
- A tanker
- A LEO fuel depot
- Reliable in-orbit fuel transfer (more than 10 needed for Lunar Starship
This is assuming a plan using an orbit current SLS/Orion can reach. If that's not possible, NASA also needs a higher energy service module that can place Orion on a circular lunar orbit.
There are only 4 years until 2030. There is absolutely no way the US can do that by 2030.