Re:Nasa head of human spaceflight resigns days before 'histo...
by cat199 on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @11:02AM
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> "Why the Moon?"
not in the industry, but since the domestic launch capability has been privatized and is still pretty unproven, i'd think that NASA would want to confirm/test/vet the procurement ecosystem and the new launch capability in incremental stages, much as they did for their own systems when things were in-house.
So yes, the US has been to the moon before, but it hasn't been to the moon with these particular fully outsourced launch platforms yet.
not in the industry, but since the domestic launch capability has been privatized and is still pretty unproven, i'd think that NASA would want to confirm/test/vet the procurement ecosystem and the new launch capability in incremental stages, much as they did for their own systems when things were in-house.
So yes, the US has been to the moon before, but it hasn't been to the moon with these particular fully outsourced launch platforms yet.