NASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbit
NASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbit
arstechnica.com NASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbit
If it were to happen, a revised Artemis III mission could echo Apollo 9.
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I get paid through Artimis, and while it's dope to know I'll have funding for a few more years, it'd be even more dope to see the program move forward
Under one of the options, astronauts would launch into low-Earth orbit inside an Orion spacecraft and rendezvous there with a Starship vehicle, separately launched by SpaceX...The crew would then return to Earth.
Prudent to test these capabilities, but ouch.
Sounds reasonable & relatively low risk to me.