NASA Finds Odd Commercial Option To Reach Lunar Orbit

Credit: SpaceX (left) and Kim Shiflett/NASA (right)
NASA’s search for commercial alternatives to send an Orion capsule on a flight test around the Moon found nothing would be faster than waiting for the long-delayed Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. But it did reveal an interesting configuration for future lunar missions: pairing a SpaceX Falcon...

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