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Re:SpaceX wins contract to develop spacecraft to land astron... by nickik on Friday April 16, 2021 @05:53PM (#26839463)
This is already known. Austronauts launch on SLS/Orion and transfer to moon orbit, transfer to Lunar Gateway or Starship and then land on the moon.

Starship launches from surface back to lunar orbit, gives astronauts over to Orion and Orion will then land on earth.

Lunar Starship will stay in Lunar orbit and potentially be reusable or just land on the moon to start building a Basecamp.

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Re:SpaceX wins contract to develop spacecraft to land astron... by elihu on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:50PM (#26839905)
Okay, that makes sense to do a (mostly) one-way Starship trip. Rockets are expensive, but not so much so that it wouldn't be worth it be able to haul more cargo instead of more fuel, and maybe have a nice big stainless steel tube on the moon or in the general vicinity, that could be used for all sorts of things.
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