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Boeingtoday unveiled concepts for the deep space gateway and transport systems that could help etc etc ( as per Boeing's press release on http://boeing.mediaroo
by VSerge 10y ago
Boeingtoday unveiled concepts for the deep space gateway and transport systems that could help etc etc ( as per Boeing's press release on http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2017-04-03-Boeing-Unveils-Deep-Space-Concepts-for-Moon-and-Mars-Exploration#assets_117:20176 http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2017-04-03-Boeing-Unveils-Deep-S... ).
It doesn't seem very serious at this point, nor likely to happen in the timeframe given (2020).
- rbanffy 10y agoAccess to space is getting cheaper and we have a reasonable experience in building modules for the ISS that could be composed into different spacecrafts. Still, I'd prefer someone threw a small/simple probe with some sort of electric propulsion (the shortest cyclers need some delta-v before passing by Earth) on a Earth-Mars cycler orbit