I think it’s not one Starship in LEO to refuel the one going to the moon but 8 to 12, depending on how much fuel they loose. It’s super complicated and error prone.
Yes, it was sold as being one Starship in LEO, one Starship to refuel it and off it went. But now they’re onto this plan with a ship to do the mission, a ship with a different design to act as a fuel station and then at least 4 fueling missions, but more likely 8 to 12. It’s ridiculous really, to expect all of this to work out.
At the same time Nasa can’t get SLS to do what they want and that’s just a single mission. A more complicated one for sure, but still a single mission, not a dozen within two days.
I think it’s not one Starship in LEO to refuel the one going to the moon but 8 to 12, depending on how much fuel they loose. It’s super complicated and error prone.
Yes, it was sold as being one Starship in LEO, one Starship to refuel it and off it went. But now they’re onto this plan with a ship to do the mission, a ship with a different design to act as a fuel station and then at least 4 fueling missions, but more likely 8 to 12. It’s ridiculous really, to expect all of this to work out.
At the same time Nasa can’t get SLS to do what they want and that’s just a single mission. A more complicated one for sure, but still a single mission, not a dozen within two days.
Can you source it as being sold as 1? AFAIK it was never sold as 1. There might have been planning where they thought 1 would work, but not sold.