Latest estimate for Starship launches required to support a Moon landing? 22.
Summary
NASA is currently keeping secret the exact number of Starship launches needed to fuel a lunar vehicle for the Artemis moon landing program. Although this specific metric is heavily guarded by the space agency, a recent estimate suggests twenty-two launches will be required to support the mission.
NASA does not have, nor want, nuclear weapons. But when it comes to a particular metric that is part of the Artemis Program to land people on the Moon, NASA guards a particular number like they are trying to prevent outsiders from cracking nuclear codes. I am speaking of the number of Starship launches required to fuel a Starship-based lunar…
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