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SpaceX's role in NASA's return to the Silver Globe. Promises to be interesting

marianomarianoPosted for Everyone to comment on, 4 years ago2 min read

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The American Space Agency is intensively preparing to return to the moon. The astronauts are scheduled to land in 2024. Several private companies will also participate in the Artemida program.

One of them will be SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk. NASA has already ordered as many as 6 Orion capsules from Boeing, thanks to which American astronauts will be able to both fly aboard the International Space Station and fly around the Moon, and even go to foreign planets.

The agency is also building a powerful rocket called Space Lauch System. According to the latest information, it is expected to be ready in 2021. Then, along with the Orion spacecraft, there will be a mission to the cosmic home, then around the natural satellite of our planet, and finally in 2024 landing on the surface of the moon.


Returning to the topic of participation in the Spaceem Artemis mission, NASA announced that in the return to the moon program, you will need to use 4 rockets. One of them will be SLS, and the other three will belong to private companies. It is almost certain that one of them will be the Falcon Heavy rocket. Its task will be to launch one of the modules of the lunar lander, which will be put together in orbit.

Meanwhile, the Space Launch System rocket itself will carry astronauts into space in the Orion capsule. Once they are there, they will go from the capsule to the lander and set off on a journey of danger. Return to the moon according to NASA idea raises a lot of controversy. Using four rockets increases the chance of problems. However, they can be solved by the use of one rocket, which can easily take such heavy loads on board and is being built in SpaceX. I'm talking about SuperHeavy-Starship.

What will the return to the moon look like in the end, we'll see in 2 years, when everything will be buttoned up. One thing is certain now, the Americans in the 1920s will not only return to the Silver Globe, but will also be the first to do so in the 21st century. In addition to the US, Chinese and Indian are also preparing to fly to this facility.

Source: NASA
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