Years away from launching = 14 months for the fly around, and about 24 for the moon landing. The gateway’s odd orbit makes complete sense. It lets you move ca

Years away from launching = 14 months for the fly around, and about 24 for the moon landing. The gateway’s odd orbit makes complete sense. It lets you move cargo to and from the moon’s gravity well without paying to move the rocket fuel and propellant out of the gravity well. This should be obvious to anyone that understood introductory physics and calculus. Have those been lumped in with “controversial theories” like global warming now? Also, let’s look at how realistic the alternative plan is: Trump and Elon plan to have a person on mars by the end of this administration. The transit time is 2 years, so they need to launch in the next 21 months.