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In response to
"Sure, but at that point there were, what? two companies even in a position to do it? With none having much experience."
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TWuG
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My semi-counter is that landing on the moon is the relatively easy part. The contract is for 'just' the lander. SLS is going to be the launch -- (edited)
Posted by
JD (aka Jason Dean)
Aug 16 '21, 16:56
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vehicle and Orion the primary spacecraft.
Supports life, lands, has an ascent stage that's "all" the lander has to do. Doesn't have to achieve orbital velocity nor escape velocity, er well, from Earth. Be nice if it got back to lunar orbit
Best I know they're still planning on following a version of the original Apollo mission profile so the lander doesn't even have the responsibility of taking things to the moon, more it will be taken there.
Big picture, I think it'd be a good thing to have multiple companies working on it. Just like NASA handed out the original commercial contracts
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