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The US Senate empowers NASA to fully engage in lunar space race (arstechnica.com)

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[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

I feel compelled to comment here (a Lemmy forum centred around itjust.works?) about another comment (on a Zenforo forum centred around arstechnica.com?) about another comment (on a Disqus forum centred around thespacereview.com?) about the ICPS.

for Arty 3, SLS doesn't need to launch with an ICPS at all: it's perfectly capable of getting an Orion to LEO using only the core and SRBs. ... This requires that somebody (likely Teledyne-Brown) manufacture an adapter ... If they can get this done in a bit more than a year, Arty 3 could be ready to go in 4Q2027. That then leaves the ICPS that was meant for Arty 3 available for Arty 4, which should be the Moon landing.

I wonder whether this is a good idea, and how likely it is that NASA would have already considered it.