Those are not equivalent statements.
Quote from: Jim on 03/23/2021 12:19 pmQuote from: jadebenn on 03/23/2021 12:00 pm"A vehicle that can only do Lunar flybys"This one isn't even true, Jim, and you know it.Until EUS finishes production, it is true.Jim is entirely correct here. Which is why EM-3, the first planned landing on the surface, is at a minimum a THREE launch mission (at least):
Quote from: jadebenn on 03/23/2021 12:00 pm"A vehicle that can only do Lunar flybys"This one isn't even true, Jim, and you know it.Until EUS finishes production, it is true.
"A vehicle that can only do Lunar flybys"This one isn't even true, Jim, and you know it.
Quote from: woods170 on 03/23/2021 02:03 pmQuote from: Jim on 03/23/2021 12:19 pmQuote from: jadebenn on 03/23/2021 12:00 pm"A vehicle that can only do Lunar flybys"This one isn't even true, Jim, and you know it.Until EUS finishes production, it is true.Jim is entirely correct here. Which is why EM-3, the first planned landing on the surface, is at a minimum a THREE launch mission (at least):A lunar flyby doesn't go into orbit. So, no, what Jim said isn't correct. Obviously Orion can go into lunar orbit and doing so doesn't require the Block 1B.