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    Die NASA reduziert ihre Mondpläne und erklärt, dass eine menschliche Landung auf dem Mond im Jahr 2026 nicht durchführbar sei.


    Die NASA reduziert ihre Mondpläne und erklärt, dass eine menschliche Landung auf dem Mond im Jahr 2026 nicht durchführbar sei.

    https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/nasa-may-alter-artemis-iii-to-have-starship-and-orion-dock-in-low-earth-orbit/?

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    1. lughnasadh on

      Submission Statement

      NASA really is stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to its lunar plans. Its SLS system is a disaster, but pork barrel politics means it can’t ditch it. So it lives on, zombie-like, to suck the life and money out of better options.

      Meanwhile, it’s placed all its eggs in a SpaceX basket. That company is run by someone who routinely exaggerates timelines for delivery and fails to meet them. Guess what? It’s happening again. A commenter on the OP article sums up what SpaceX has to do before humans can go back to the Moon.

      * Re-light Starship engines
      * Achieve stable orbit
      * Dock with another Starship
      * Transfer propellant
      * Use transferred propellant
      * Dock with Orion and/or Dragon
      * Design a life support system for a volume much larger than Dragon
      * Build life support system
      * Test life support
      * Achieve escape velocity for TLI
      * Demo propulsive landing on Luna
      * Demo takeoff from Luna after sitting idle
      * Dock with Gateway (?) up and down

    2. znocjza on

      The moon will still be there in thirty years. (Hope NASA makes it that long.)

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