/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12796778
> high reliability and safety.
0/2 isn't bad if it gets you more money in your cost plus contract.
>Deep space missions are rare
Apollo did multiple in a single year (four in the 365 days preceding Apollo 11), and did so with no pretensions about creating a sustainable presence.
> all of them will do it on
For oldspace, Long March 9.

>>11772110
The biggest realized US-Soviet project was Apollo-Soyuz, which did not involve any technological transfer.
An equivalent project with China is currently forbidden.
>Chinks have nothing to offer,
They have funding and substantial capability, which are always scarce. ESA is building the service module for Orion not because NASA is incapable, but because it defrays the costs and better uses the global talent pool.