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In response to "Who should be the first woman on the moon? I vote for Tilda Swinton. -- (link)" by Beryllium

2024? On SLS? Checks calendar 😆 -- (edited)

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) Sep 22 '20, 20:13

I'd love to be proven wrong but IMO that would need an Apollo like effort to get back to the moon in 2024 via SLS

The Orion spacecraft has yet to orbit

The Artemis mission profile requires in space refueling at a craft called the Gateway. Gonna need to get that into space before 2024

I get that we had two men in orbit for the first time in 1966 and we landed on the moon in 1969 but that was space race level funding and effort. Not impossible but it just doesn't seem very likely nor practical that we're going to be back to moon in four years. "To stay" no less

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"A return to the moon. In this decade. With this economy. Localized entirely within your kitchen?" "Yes." "Can I see it?" "... No." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 23:46
"to stay" is easy, its getting them back safely that is tricky :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 22, 20:18 1
- Heh. The Gattaca philosophy: Never save anything for the swim back -- nm - JD Sep 22, 20:19

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