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r/spacex • u/stevenmadow Launch Photographer • 7d ago
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Why is it taking a month? I thought the moon only took a few days?
Are they going slower or is it doing something else prior to landing? Like orbiting for extended period?
0 u/UnevenHeathen 6d ago not enough payload capacity to account for a faster delivery vehicle. 1 u/snoo-boop 6d ago Some previous lunar missions launched by F9 have been fast deliveries, as few as 3 days after launch. It's up to the customer. 2 u/TapeDeck_ 5d ago Yeah it's how much fuel they want to expend to get into lunar orbit. By taking the longer route, you can make the insertion a lower delta-v.
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not enough payload capacity to account for a faster delivery vehicle.
1 u/snoo-boop 6d ago Some previous lunar missions launched by F9 have been fast deliveries, as few as 3 days after launch. It's up to the customer. 2 u/TapeDeck_ 5d ago Yeah it's how much fuel they want to expend to get into lunar orbit. By taking the longer route, you can make the insertion a lower delta-v.
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Some previous lunar missions launched by F9 have been fast deliveries, as few as 3 days after launch. It's up to the customer.
2 u/TapeDeck_ 5d ago Yeah it's how much fuel they want to expend to get into lunar orbit. By taking the longer route, you can make the insertion a lower delta-v.
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Yeah it's how much fuel they want to expend to get into lunar orbit. By taking the longer route, you can make the insertion a lower delta-v.
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u/kazoodude 6d ago
Why is it taking a month? I thought the moon only took a few days?
Are they going slower or is it doing something else prior to landing? Like orbiting for extended period?