Wild Logistics question

> I?m not sure if this is the appropriate place to ask this question or> > > Has anyone put together a project plan showing what would be needed to
> land a Shuttle on the Moon, and return it to Earth?

If they have, it has a task that reads- "a miracle happens and
we get given several trillion dollars."

> If NASA insists
> on continuing with the Shuttle as the primary transportation vehicle
> for government missions this question, and the resulting analysis,
> would be necessary.

> Any comments?

Really bad idea. Most of the space shuttle is equipment designed to
safely reenter the earths atmosphere and land on the earth. This
equipment weighs a lot; and carrying that lot around massively
increases the amount of fuel that would be required to make the
trip.

The necessary fuel cannot be carried in a single space
shuttle, and would require the shuttle to be refueled in orbit.
The costs of lifting that amount of fuel required to orbit would
be astronomical; far more than a purpose built mission.

A refueled Space Shuttle could land on the moon, in theory as it
has easily enough power. It would have to land tail first
however, and would require many other modifications
but it just isn't worth doing- there's better ways to make this
trip.

> Chad Lupkes
>
> chadlupkes@... chadlupkes@...

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