What's your opinion on NASA's Deep Space Gateway project?
Also, talk about space stations and spaceports in general.
What's your opinion on NASA's Deep Space Gateway project?
Also, talk about space stations and spaceports in general.
I just hope it actually gets built
It looks kinda modest.
As far as i can tell, it will serve as a "waypoint" for Lunar-operations in the long run, such as telescopes, bases, research and so on. So something like the ISS in size isnt needed, just docking and habitat-modules
I see, however, isn't it time we actually stared building some serious space habitat?
Preferably a centrifugal one.
Maybe we allready are?
Depending on how paranoid you are, anything is possible
Will certainly provide great opportunity for international cooperation and investments during the entire 21st century. Science if any will be a wonderful side benefit.
>ISS was designed to justify the shuttle
>DSG is designed to justify the SLS
NASA would be perfectly content to fly the SLS for the next 40 years
But unfortunately, there is SpaceX now
Don't talk too much about Blue Origin though, they are shaping up to be just another old space company .
Never going to get built EVER
NASA is a token organization, private companies or China will do it first.
>private companies
Lack financing, will, and expertise.
>China
Yes, but is there a point to continue isolating them and forcing them to go alone?
If there was more cooperation rather than competition we could do so much more.