Tony Castilleja: ...and let's talk about what the Space Launch System will be launching on our journey to the Moon.Ben Donahue: We're going to be launching an integrated ascent stage and descent stage called The Lander [editor's note: I really hope that's a placeholder name] that will land by the end of 2024 that will take three crew to the South Pole of the Moon. [...] We're actively writing the proposal for NASA as we speak.
Our sights are set on the Moon. We’ve learned a lot from operating @Space_Station and are applying that to our lunar lander concept for the #Artemis mission. #IAC2019
https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1187398403694776320QuoteOur sights are set on the Moon. We’ve learned a lot from operating @Space_Station and are applying that to our lunar lander concept for the #Artemis mission. #IAC2019
Is that really their design? That render's fairly old, and I would've expected something a bit larger with the lander being SLS-launched.Granted, if they're launching on a Block 1 the Delta IV fairing imposes some pretty strict limits on sized, but still. Seems kinda on the small side.
Looks like the lander is methalox.Intuitive Machines selected to build engines for Boeing’s Human Lander System Technology Development
Quote from: jadebenn on 10/24/2019 06:53 pmLooks like the lander is methalox.Intuitive Machines selected to build engines for Boeing’s Human Lander System Technology DevelopmentA 30-second hot fire of the engine is on youtube:("Hot Fire #13 does not refer to there being 13 HLS engine hot fires, just that this is Intuitive's 13th hot fire campaign)
I wonder if it is based off the Morpheus engine, it looks like they are using Armadillo levels of film cooling.
Quote from: Gliderflyer on 10/24/2019 11:03 pmI wonder if it is based off the Morpheus engine, it looks like they are using Armadillo levels of film cooling.It is absolutely based off of the Morpheus engine. Intuitive Machines was started by former Morpheus engineers.
Quote from: Navier–Stokes on 10/24/2019 04:57 pmhttps://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1187398403694776320QuoteOur sights are set on the Moon. We’ve learned a lot from operating @Space_Station and are applying that to our lunar lander concept for the #Artemis mission. #IAC2019That ascent stage looks a bit like some of the Dragon based landers we came up with...
Quote from: Rocket Science on 10/25/2019 12:58 amQuote from: Navier–Stokes on 10/24/2019 04:57 pmhttps://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1187398403694776320QuoteOur sights are set on the Moon. We’ve learned a lot from operating @Space_Station and are applying that to our lunar lander concept for the #Artemis mission. #IAC2019That ascent stage looks a bit like some of the Dragon based landers we came up with... Pressure vessel is likely to be based on Starliner along with life support.
So if Boeing wins the bid, they will have to launch two SLS's to get astronauts in Orion and the lander to the moon by in space docking. Wow, a moon landing for about $3 billion or more per landing. Not counting the LOP-G station. This is way expensive to use the SLS.
No, they are looking for cost+ bidding. I was an engineer for a natural gas company. We got rid of cost+ bidding because it was far more expensive than per foot installed bidding. I have seen it first hand.