Great to see Blue Ghost and Hakuto-R launch. There's a special excitement for any Moon landing and I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for both these missions when the time comes.
I have a question about these CLPS lunar landers: In Dr. Robert Zubrin's original "Moon Direct", he proposed a small-ish lunar lander that he called a Lunar Exploration Vehicle (LEV), propelled by a hydrolox engine capable of a 6.1 km/sec delta-vee. I'm not completely certain but it seemed like this LEV was actually two modules: the base with the landing legs, avionics, propulsion and presumably tankage would be the first module. This first module could also serve as a cargo module, if I understood what Zubrin was proposing. The first module could haul ten tons from low Earth orbit to the lunar surface, and presumably return to Earth orbit once the cargo was unloaded. I assume the ten-ton figure included the fuel in the first module's fuel tanks. The second module was essentially a pilot-house: a crew cabin to carry astronauts, their spacesuits and their essentials. If I understood Zubrin correctly, the pilot house would weigh about two tons, which would allow for a maximum of eight tons in the fuel tanks. Now here's my question: are any of these CLPS landers capable of what Zubrin seemed to propose? Or could they evolve into that kind of craft? Space News Op-ed | "Lunar Gateway or Moon Direct?" by Robert Zubrin -- April 17, 2019 spacenews.com/op-ed-lunar-gateway-or-moon-direct/ "Moon Direct: A Cost-Effective Plan to Enable Human Lunar Exploration" undated whitepaper by Robert Zubrin nextgen.marssociety.org/presentation/MoonDirectPaper_RobertZubrin_05-24-28.pdf
None of these small landers have life support systems, but all of them have what you describe in the first module. I can't see why any of them wouldn't be able to evolve into it.
I'm going to be very excited to learn the results of the Blue Ghost plume analysis. SpaceX is designing a special thruster arrangement for the HLA Starship Lunar lander, because of an unverified assumption of how much regolith the Raptor engines would otherwise scatter during landings and launches on unprepared surfaces on the Moon. I wonder if SpaceX might change the design based on the results, perhaps even go back to just using the standard Raptors? Thank you for this excellent video!
With an awesome name like "Ghost in the Sky," I hope it's a tremendous success! 💪🏾✨💪🏾... It kind of reminds me of Ghost in the Shell (anime) or Ghost in the Machine (book)... These futuristic stories revolve around the idea that science has redefined the "ghost" as the part of a person that makes them human and distinct from a robot. The "ghost" is a person's essence, or deep self, that remains intact even if their physical body is replaced with machines.
It's not the size that matters, but how you land it
Ha!
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love this angle, thanks.
Great to see Blue Ghost and Hakuto-R launch. There's a special excitement for any Moon landing and I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for both these missions when the time comes.
We need these small landers because these landers become more capable and in the end they take over the lunar “base”.
I have a question about these CLPS lunar landers: In Dr. Robert Zubrin's original "Moon Direct", he proposed a small-ish lunar lander that he called a Lunar Exploration Vehicle (LEV), propelled by a hydrolox engine capable of a 6.1 km/sec delta-vee. I'm not completely certain but it seemed like this LEV was actually two modules: the base with the landing legs, avionics, propulsion and presumably tankage would be the first module. This first module could also serve as a cargo module, if I understood what Zubrin was proposing. The first module could haul ten tons from low Earth orbit to the lunar surface, and presumably return to Earth orbit once the cargo was unloaded. I assume the ten-ton figure included the fuel in the first module's fuel tanks. The second module was essentially a pilot-house: a crew cabin to carry astronauts, their spacesuits and their essentials. If I understood Zubrin correctly, the pilot house would weigh about two tons, which would allow for a maximum of eight tons in the fuel tanks.
Now here's my question: are any of these CLPS landers capable of what Zubrin seemed to propose? Or could they evolve into that kind of craft?
Space News Op-ed | "Lunar Gateway or Moon Direct?"
by Robert Zubrin -- April 17, 2019
spacenews.com/op-ed-lunar-gateway-or-moon-direct/
"Moon Direct: A Cost-Effective Plan to Enable Human Lunar Exploration"
undated whitepaper by Robert Zubrin
nextgen.marssociety.org/presentation/MoonDirectPaper_RobertZubrin_05-24-28.pdf
None of these small landers have life support systems, but all of them have what you describe in the first module. I can't see why any of them wouldn't be able to evolve into it.
Thank you for the wonderful breakdown on the mission. I had forgotten about going up last night! Watching your footage was great way end video!
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks, Laura for your clearly understandable talks.
Thank you!
Can't wait to see where this goes.
Me too!
Um...the Moon?
@@musicburst2513 So you didn't watch the video. Cool flex!
@@CMDR_Elizium51RAIt's just a joke, man. I'm just as excited as you. Doesn't mean I can't crack jokes
@@musicburst2513 Fair enough! 🤣
I'm going to be very excited to learn the results of the Blue Ghost plume analysis. SpaceX is designing a special thruster arrangement for the HLA Starship Lunar lander, because of an unverified assumption of how much regolith the Raptor engines would otherwise scatter during landings and launches on unprepared surfaces on the Moon. I wonder if SpaceX might change the design based on the results, perhaps even go back to just using the standard Raptors? Thank you for this excellent video!
Real data will inform hardware and procedures, so I would bet that larger landers (Starship and Blue Moon both) will be very interested in the data.
Love your necklace ❤😊 thanks for the informative update.
@@mark1sown Thank you!
This is great, I'm excited for everything space including China's program 👍👍
Me too!
With an awesome name like "Ghost in the Sky," I hope it's a tremendous success! 💪🏾✨💪🏾... It kind of reminds me of Ghost in the Shell (anime) or Ghost in the Machine (book)... These futuristic stories revolve around the idea that science has redefined the "ghost" as the part of a person that makes them human and distinct from a robot. The "ghost" is a person's essence, or deep self, that remains intact even if their physical body is replaced with machines.
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