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I'm super excited about returning people to the Moon. But Lunar Gateway is a bad mission architecture that really reduces the cost-effectiveness of returning t
by bfe 6y ago
I'm super excited about returning people to the Moon. But Lunar Gateway is a bad mission architecture that really reduces the cost-effectiveness of returning to the Moon. It costs way more delta-v to reach the Gateway and then proceed to the lunar surface than just to go straight to the surface.
A brief rundown of authoritative criticisms:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Gateway#Reactions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Gateway#Reactions
I really hope the new administration takes the opportunity to revise the mission architecture.
- Rebelgecko 6y agoAfter the Asteroid Redirect Mission got canceled, the gateway is a solution in search of a problem. It's like a vestigial organ that sticks around even after natural selection has removed its reason for existing in the first place.