NASA Reveals Major New Lunar Gateway Update!

NASA Reveals Major New Lunar Gateway Update!

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[catbertz]

I'm excited for Relativity's approach. Hope they nail it right away!

[planetsec]

Having Gateway launched by the end of this year even would be insane but cool

[Puftendo]

I’ve been watching your videos for so long now that I say say, “this is the space race.” Every time you do 💀💀💀

[ericfox]

As someone working on Gateway, I can guarantee you that we've been very busy, even if most of the things we're doing isn't public yet. I definitely need a vacation! LOL

[ekoden]

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[LineAlpine]

If you ever get the impression that the rocket scientists are doing something stupid and “why don’t they just…” rest assured, there is most likely a very good reason.

[roeva]

I'm blown away at how much Elon Musk and SpaceX have achieved. I recall thinking to myself how they would never be able to land rockets back on the ground and re-use them. It never gets old watching the launches -- especially the couple I saw in person.

[steveaustin]

I have quibbles and will put each one in a separate thread.

0:30 The Foust article on Dragon XL being delayed was on Apr 15th, 2021. The very next day on Apr 16th, 2021, NASA announced the HLS Option A contract was awarded to SpaceX's HLS Starship for the Artemis III landing. So it is not surprising that the Dragon XL with ~5 tons of cargo capacity was put on hold, when HLS Starship can carry so much more and is also going to Lunar Gateway.

[frhyuhy]

Good show. Getting harder to believe that Starship will be ready for Artimis 3. Fingers crossed.

[TheZacman]

Why don't they design the gateway with the hull diameter of starship in mind? The modules could be multiple times larger, making for a much more luxurious and less claustrophobic lunar station.

[michaell]

Very great channel with awesome quality content, glad I finally found my space home here after searching for years ❤

[alexandrachernysh]

That Buran t-shirt at 5:20
brings a tear to my eyes that someone else in the world loves it, thank you

[leonbenham]

Awesome, really excited about the moon gateway station
😁

[clayongunzelle]

I just wanna live to see a successful starship landing on Mars..

[ericblanchard]

We need a Deep Space 9 gateway to dock at and refuel etc.

[ramonsanchez]

Oh my goodness I'll bookmark it on my Calendar

[steveaustin]

4:50 The NRHO is very stable compared to a low lunar orbit. That is much more important for long term stability of the Lunar Gateway, since the propellant for the PPE still has to be sent to the Moon. So the less propellant needed to send to the Moon, the better.

The launch of the PPE and HALO together on a Falcon Heavy is NET Nov 2024 as you mentioned earlier. The path they will take to the Moon takes months to get there (you also mentioned), so may be ready in 2025 at the earliest.

[blairpambrun]

would almost make sense to leave a star ship in orbit to start the next space station, (leave star ship as the first module). the star ship that space X uses would be built on the ground and hey the meneuvering engines are already built in. Not only the spaceX team could include everything need for a first expansion, star ship would have to be outfitted with hatches for these expansions

[steveaustin]

1:40 The graphic you show has nowhere for propellant to be stored for future refueling stops to other locations in the solar system. Also, unless Artemis develops resource extraction on the Moon rather quickly to make propellant, you still have to truck all the propellant to Lunar Gateway. So refueling spacecraft going somewhere else is a longer term project.

One of the things that Artemis wants to develop, is how to extract resources from regolith on airless or nearly airless worlds. NASA has a RFP out for ideas on how to free water ice from regolith. The example plan NASA had was tenting over a section of regolith with a transparent dome and using mirrors to direct sunlight under the dome. The water ice would sublimate to water vapor to be extracted from the dome.

The PPE is for station keeping in the NRHO. That orbit was used, instead of a lower one, because it is very stable and needs little propellant every year for station keeping. MASSCONs (mass concentrations) on the Moon are mostly on the Earth side of the Moon, so low lunar orbits are not very stable.

The PPE and HALO launch on a Falcon Heavy NET Nov 2024. I-Hab goes with Orion on Artemis IV and ESPIRT goes with Orion on Artemis V.

[lilmech]

(Btw this is for the lunar gateway SS) The thing is that when they announce something everybody is like “oMg it iS OnLy 6 yEarS BefORe tHe DatE WiLl thEy MaKe iT In TIME” like wait and see what is happening like a little delay there in there isn’t so bad and keep in mind that these things cost billions of dollars and it’s gonna be orbiting another moon/planet so it’s a big deal and it’s nothing to be messing with or hurrying it up just because of our excitement