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Boeing aims for Moon landing in 'fewer steps'
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Boeing says it can land astronauts on the Moon with only five "mission critical events" - such as launch, orbit insertion and others - instead of the 11 or more required by alternative strategies.

Nasa previously said its preferred option was a lunar lander split into three stages, but it left the door open to "alternative, innovative approaches".

Boeing's proposal uses just two stages - a descent element that gets astronauts down to the surface, and an ascent element to get the crew off the surface and back into lunar orbit at the end of a mission. They are designed to be launched as one unit.

The company says its lander can carry itself from lunar orbit to the surface without an additional transfer element, or "tug", as previously specified by Nasa.


This is will be very advantageous in travelling missions to the moon as it has fewer launches needed for a mission therefore reducing the complexity involved in sending several different bits of hardware into space on multiple launches. It seems to be a more effective method and hopefully it is. I do wonder though, what possibilities could be brought into existence as soon as humans are able to overcome the difficulties that are tied with getting people into space? Is thinking of sometimes taking holidays or vacations on the moon a far stretch?


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Boeing aims for Moon landing in 'fewer steps' - by Racheal Edoamen - 11-08-2019, 07:31 AM

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