Post by anotherfirefox on Aug 21, 2018 0:30:56 GMT
The Glorious BFR by SpaceX: The most Sci-Fi mission by far in scale, launch up to 100 passenger in a single trip.
2 launch per a trip, refuel at LEO involved, uses Methalox, no Nukethermal involved.
Needs Martian surface infrastructure to send 100 passenger without making them starve to death.
fully resuable: Every stage of the rocket can do atmospheric reentry.
Followed by huge fleets, aims to build a legit city on the red planet
Constellation Mars Mission by NASA: As always, complicated and expensive af for a handful of crews without reusability.
7 launches per a trip, multiple docking at LEO involved, uses hydrolox all teh way, nukethermal involved.
No needs for any other infrastructure because they send only 4~6 there anyway :/
Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, former Deep Space Gateway, placed on the EML1
It will be followed by Deep Space Transport to go to Mars: Basically an Orion MPCS and an ISS habitat module with propulsion system.
Will not land on Mars tho.