Human Space Travel to Moon and Mars - one more step for mankind - Reusable Renewable Rockets are the way to the Space future

one more step for mankind

numbers from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program

IN NO WAY shall the accomplishments of the year 1969 be belittled, OR the Space Shuttle ($1.5 billion per flight), but imho what is happening NOW at NASA is a complete waste of money.

NASA has run out of Saturn V.

Instead of designing a re-usable rocket from scratch, they build a Saturn V like rocket called SLS (with parts from 1969) that is supposed to take people to Moon and Mars for “only” $2billion per launch.

NASA MUST BE KIDDING!

This catastrophic waste of taxpayers money can be explained in one sentence: “Trump’s controversial NASA chief, Jim Bridenstine, narrowly confirmed”

Estimates are that a Starship flight will be ~$2Million per launch.

At the same time there is pressure from Boing & others to

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/as-artemis-moves-forward-nasa-picks-spacex-to-land-next-americans-on-moon

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Originally posted at: https://dwaves.de/2022/03/22/human-space-travel-to-moon-and-mars-one-more-step-for-mankind-reusable-renewable-rockets-are-the-way-to-the-space-future/