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Re:SpaceX Revenue Doubled to $4.6B in 2022 Versus 2021 by avmich on Thursday August 17, 2023 @06:10PM (#37168874)
In 1990's Dan Goldin, the NASA administrator at the time, was looking for ways to return to the Moon for cheap. One of the least expensive variants which was presented included launching multiple Protons and assembling lunar exeditionary complexes on LEO. The quoted number at that time was $1 billion to put boots on regolith again.

Falcon-9 is about as capable in terms of payload as Proton. And even without inflation the launch price is comparable. So, Falcon-9 is quite capable to get people on the Moon. It isn't really considered because there are other options and some additional requirements.

Re:SpaceX Revenue Doubled to $4.6B in 2022 Versus 2021 by pclmulqdq on Thursday August 17, 2023 @06:28PM (#37169071)
That plan was rejected for the reasons I stated in a sibling comment.
Re:SpaceX Revenue Doubled to $4.6B in 2022 Versus 2021 by pfdietz on Thursday August 17, 2023 @06:51PM (#37169310)
Completely terrible reasons. There is no good justification for SLS.
Re:SpaceX Revenue Doubled to $4.6B in 2022 Versus 2021 by ArtWomb on Friday August 18, 2023 @12:16AM (#37171352)
“HUMAN LUNAR RETURN X-PROJECTS APPROACH” (a Briefing to the Administrator, NASA Johnson Space Center, November 1995)

https://space.nss.org/lunar-base-studies-1996-human-lunar-re...

hey avmich, thnx 4 the memories ;)