Re:SpaceX, Blue Origin, Dynetics win contracts to land astro...
by dntbnmpls on Thursday April 30, 2020 @09:56PM
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> It's 3 years away!
Or closer to 5 years away ( rounded up ) if you consider that 2024 also includes a december 31st as well as a january 1st.
> It's even crazier when you consider that the lander hardware has not even been designed, let alone built, tested, certified and man-rated.
You are talking about a technology that's more than 50 years old.
This isn't a time or technology issue. There's plenty of time and moon landings have been done before. It's really a business issue. It seems like the industry has come up with a business case for it ( I'm guessing space tourism initially followed up by mining perhaps ).
Or closer to 5 years away ( rounded up ) if you consider that 2024 also includes a december 31st as well as a january 1st.
> It's even crazier when you consider that the lander hardware has not even been designed, let alone built, tested, certified and man-rated.
You are talking about a technology that's more than 50 years old.
This isn't a time or technology issue. There's plenty of time and moon landings have been done before. It's really a business issue. It seems like the industry has come up with a business case for it ( I'm guessing space tourism initially followed up by mining perhaps ).