darthgently Posted December 13, 2024 Share Posted December 13, 2024 NASA Outlines Latest Moon to Mars Plans in 2024 Architecture Update https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-outlines-latest-moon-to-mars-plans-in-2024-architecture-update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exoscientist Posted December 14, 2024 Share Posted December 14, 2024 (edited) Actually, it doesn’t even give any plans on what such an architecture should look like, i.e., what launchers to use. The above graphic is what a reader graphed out based on the description in an earlier version NASA published on line. But that report is now deleted so no description is now available online. It looked like 16 launches of SLS-like vehicle over 9 years. Untenable on cost grounds. Bob Clark Edited December 14, 2024 by Exoscientist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted December 14, 2024 Share Posted December 14, 2024 16 SLS block 2 missions? Plus commercial refilling in cislunar space? (Talking what, 50+ additional flights?) File that under never going to happen. If SLS even gets to 4 flights and block II it will have beaten the odds at this point. It's amazing how 2040 for a crewed landing can be both totally unrealistic and completely devoid of ambition at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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