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I'd like to see us put two return rockets on the moon. Would increase the safety factor of all future manned missions significantly if a crash landing wouldn't
by cwkoss 8y ago
I'd like to see us put two return rockets on the moon. Would increase the safety factor of all future manned missions significantly if a crash landing wouldn't necessarily mean death.
If you could safely verify the return vehicle is ready to go before sending the people, you could potentially use a one-way lander, vastly decreasing launch weight.
- Aeolun 8y agoUnfortunately You’d have to have another launch for the return vehicle. From an efficiency perspective sending both in one go seems a bit more efficient to me (but I’m not certain, it’s possible it costs exponential amounts of fuel)
- darkerside 8y agoAnd it just sits there in the hopes of never being used? That's one expensive ass insurance policy
- mLuby 8y agoBetter safety factor would be having such regular visits that there's already another vessel in the area that can divert to assist.