/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12075062
It can get up to 200 kilos to a 500km orbit, so enough for a person in a suit and a short term life support system. I doubt though that if you add in the mass of an ISS compatible docking port, power systems, and propellant to perform docking maneuvers that it could actually be done.
>>12075060
You absolutely wouldn't need a rocket the size of F9 to get an animal the size of a frog to the moon alive, if you wanted to land one American bullfrog on the Moon and you chose a specimen of average weight (1.5 pounds), assuming all else is equal you'd need a vehicle only one one hundredth the weight of the Apollo CSM and LM, just a shade less than 400kg. Electron can put 300kg into LEO, so you'd need to increase the size of the rocket by only about 25-30%, and maybe some more on top for some extra margins. Say a rocket with dimensions approximately 21x1.5m.

Assuming we were dedicated, had a million or two in startup capital, and any of us actually know what the fuck we're doing outside of the internet, such a mission could be put together in a relatively short amount of time, assuming it's a one-time shot.