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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Dragonfly Mission - NASA (www.nasa.gov)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's a big honor for Falcon Heavy and a great win for SpaceX. Such a cool mission.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

First Psyche, now Dragonfly! SpaceX and Falcon Heavy in particular are straight up carrying humanity’s understanding of space forward!

(Let’s not forget Ariane and JWST)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

And Europa Clipper, Roman space telescope, and virtually all of the CLPS landers.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's a nice win for sure, but is it unexpected? Are there any other operational launch vehicles which would even have the delta-V to get Dragonfly to Titan in a reasonable timeframe?