Saturday, April 17, 2021

Spacex wins lunar return contract

Two trips, unmanned and then manned.

Somehow, a rocket built for 100 people seems a bit much to land on the moon.

There isn't necessarily a level place to set it down. Something that tall wouldn't be stable.

The Apollo program mated a command module and lunar module on top of S-IVB rocket that powered it to the moon. A similar arrangement might be possible using a Dragon and the Starship.

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