Total Members Voted: 161
Voting closed: 03/28/2017 03:32 am
It seems EM-1 will likely happen before Spacex goes to the moon since they shelved Lunar Dragon for flying BFS to the moon.BFS is in an early design stage at this point.I find it a very odd decision on Spacex's part as lunar Dragon would have been relatively low cost and risk.
Maybe time for a new poll of whether SLS, BFR, Vulcan, New Glenn, or Omega will fly a payload to orbit first?
Will SpaceX put crew around the Moon before SLS flies? Doubt it.Will they beat EM-2 with crew around the Moon? I, personally, think they have a good chance.
let us think about it...SpaceX is giving them 5 years to do this. Is it aggressive - maybe? Will there be schedule slip ? Yes. But that means by 2024 they should be able to fly to the moon. Unless they cannot find the money, I would be very surprised if they do not get this moving. Remember - SpaceX needs this for Starlink.