The mass that the falcon heavy can send to TLI is ~16t.
So was Falcon (9) Heavy this time last year
Quote from: rklaehn on 07/31/2011 02:36 pmThe mass that the falcon heavy can send to TLI is ~16t.That number sounds too optimistic to me.
While it would be nice to do a Lunar Free Return Mission, wouldn't be more likely that a GLXP contestant is ready to make a try?
Elon mentions a lunar flyby with FH and Dragon as being "kinda cool" in the Falcon Heavy press conference.
The Astrobotics lander is completely built and was sent out for testing
Quote from: baldusi on 07/31/2011 07:59 pmThe Astrobotics lander is completely built and was sent out for testingCompletely built? They only built the lander structure AFAIK.
I think we are looking at Lunar tourism. I see that james cameroon (avatar director) has already said he would like to take a trip to moon and is willing to pay. I am, sure there are other wealthy people who would take the trip. If you have two tourists on each flight at 100 mill a pop. There could be enough people interested for say 6-12 trips a year for many years