llamacoffee@lemmy.world to SpaceX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agoNASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbitarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkNASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbitarstechnica.comllamacoffee@lemmy.world to SpaceX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareclothes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months ago Under one of the options, astronauts would launch into low-Earth orbit inside an Orion spacecraft and rendezvous there with a Starship vehicle, separately launched by SpaceX…The crew would then return to Earth. Prudent to test these capabilities, but ouch.
Prudent to test these capabilities, but ouch.