The entire mission structure is stupid. It sorta-kinda makes sense for Mars, and viewing Artemis as a trial run for Mars makes it almost-sensible. Except that the Mars landing was entirely predictably cancelled.
I’d love to see a beyond-LEO station purpose-built to test deep space transit technology. Making it a necessary part of the Lunar architecture never made sense.
The entire mission structure is stupid. It sorta-kinda makes sense for Mars, and viewing Artemis as a trial run for Mars makes it almost-sensible. Except that the Mars landing was entirely predictably cancelled.
I’d love to see a beyond-LEO station purpose-built to test deep space transit technology. Making it a necessary part of the Lunar architecture never made sense.