Sorority those of you who were going for Dynetics and maybe even the few who were going for the National Team let me explain why this is good.
1. A reusable lander reducing costs by billions in long term.
2. Lighter payload for SLS
3. More space for cargo inside SLS (Such as Gateway segments or larger resupplies. The Starship should be able to handle most cargo that the SLS can carry)
3. SLS is now the limit instead of the lander.
Why Space X Lunar Starship being selected as a lander is a good thing
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TweedleAerospace
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3,634 JSO183.0 years ago
I am so happy! I wanted them to pick Starship the whole time but I thought they would pick Dynetics.
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4,774 TweedleAerospace3.0 years ago
@Thesaturnaerospace @CASXA that is why I was saying specifically that there will be no lander and less weight. The Lunar Starship will be launched separately and be reused over and over again. Each one can be used upwards of 300 times. Although with advancing technology the originals are likely to be irrelevant by that time.
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2,933 ThesaturnaerospaceRedo3.0 years ago
idk if lunar starships will be launched on sls, the 2nd stage is too small
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I am Hyped about them choosing SpaceX for the HLS program, especially after watching Scott Manley's video about it and finding out that Dynetics had Negative mass, and the national team being a two stage, 40m tall lander and being assembled in Low lunar orbit. We would also be littering the moon with debris. The Appolo missions that landed on the moon can be excused, because the didn't have the technology that we have now.