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That is not accurate. Estimates are that the Dragon v2 has about 400m/s dV. This is around what it would need for controlled landing or abort. It takes aroun
by mapt 9y ago
That is not accurate.
Estimates are that the Dragon v2 has about 400m/s dV. This is around what it would need for controlled landing or abort. It takes around 1720m/s just to get to the stationary Lunar surface from Lunar orbit; If a Falcon upper stage detaches during the leg of the mission between Earth and Luna, the necessary delta V for the rest of the mission will be around 5080m/s. This is a lot. You would have to build another fairly large vehicle to accomplish this mission - Dragon v2 would be an afterthought.