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[โ€“] Tar_alcaran 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We have the ride doing laps around the moon, and neither lander option even getting into space...

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The lander funding and dev definitely should've started sooner.

I still kind of wish they separated out the giant standalone landers (Starship and Blue Moon) into a different task order type vs a dinky little Apollo sized lander that could either fly as a a comanifested payload on SLS Block 2 or on its own single launch. A quick little option seems like it would be nicer to get up and running for a short surface trip or visiting a surface hab without as much fuss.