Re:James Webb is fully deployed
by mr_toad on Saturday January 08, 2022 @08:25PM
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Distance isn’t the best proxy for difficulty of a space mission. The delta-v to get to low lunar orbit is higher than the delta-v to get to L2. The delta-v required for lunar landing is considerably higher. And all of these manoeuvres are much less than the delta-v required to get to LEO.
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That depends. If we're talking a manned service mission, then distance is a factor as it would mean a several month trip using current vehicles.
That being said, and I haven't done the math, but I think a Falcon Heavy and Dragon could do it at least in terms of delta V; although there are numerous problems with that like the fact that the dragon doesn't have a proper airlock for starters.