- cross-posted to:
- espace
- cross-posted to:
- espace
(Apologies, responding in English because my French doesn’t extend to technical topics…)
This was the inevitable outcome when the US government decided not to fully fund the HLS program in 2020, giving only 600M USD per year instead of the 3200M USD needed. With that big a budget cut, there was zero chance for an on-time departure.
A Mars mission will take much much more than a Moon mission - it costs 9000M just to return a rock from Mars, so how much more to return 4 people? At this rate, I don’t see how Mars is possible.
j’ai l’impréssion que la course vers mars a commencé.
Qui posera le premier un pied sur mars ? Cela semble être le but de toutes ces missions
À noter que c’était également le but visé par Von Braun lors des missions Apollo, d’où la taille démesurée des fusées Saturn V.
ah? je savais pas. bonne info à connaitre