/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12583610
Some autist could do the math and figure it all out for certain but off the top of my head...

You would have to fill the payload bay with a fuel tank. You would probably still need a bigger launch vehicle to fling it to the moon in the first place too, or at least orbital refueling in LEO as well as on the moon.
Simplest way to land it on the moon would be to add some landing engines that point down from it's belly. Not much sense in trying to land it on a runway with no atmosphere.
It would also need an upgraded thermal protection system and maybe replace the aluminum airframe with titanium or steel to handle the heat better. It will get a lot hotter on a lunar return re-entry than it will on a LEO re-entry.

>>12575359

Hullo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mIRFxYYaC0

>>10004512