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SpaceX Starship Will Need To Re-Fuel 22 Times In Space To Make It To The Moon
NASA’s safety panel says the plan depends on unproven orbital fuel transfers, while Blue Origin offers a simpler four-launch alternative.
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The Independent (US)Elon Musk’s Starship may need 22 refuel missions to reach Moon
Nasa hopes to send astronauts to the lunar surface using SpaceX’s megarocket for its Artemis IV mission
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If we want to put people on the moon, we will use rockets that need to ‘refuel’ in space. That is one of the major challenges for companies like SpaceX in the near future. But why is that actually necessary? After all, Neil Armstrong didn't just top up the Saturn V with a jerrycan on the moon in 1969, did he?
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