@llamacoffeeM to [email protected]English • 3 months agoNASA’s Lunar Gateway has a big visiting vehicles problemarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square2arrow-up117arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkNASA’s Lunar Gateway has a big visiting vehicles problemarstechnica.com@llamacoffeeM to [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square2cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareTroylinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoIt’s a cool problem to have. Means SpaceX is upending the apple cart with Starship. The shuttle used to boost the ISS. We can probably have Starship boost Gateway. But, if I’m honest, Gateway is a solution in search of a problem and could be entirely canned and Artemis would probably still succeed.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months agoGateway is part of the political power of Artemis and is where some big international partner contributions are going. But yeah, from a technical standpoint, a waste of time and money.
It’s a cool problem to have. Means SpaceX is upending the apple cart with Starship.
The shuttle used to boost the ISS. We can probably have Starship boost Gateway.
But, if I’m honest, Gateway is a solution in search of a problem and could be entirely canned and Artemis would probably still succeed.
Gateway is part of the political power of Artemis and is where some big international partner contributions are going. But yeah, from a technical standpoint, a waste of time and money.