From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Just this Saturday, JF Mezei explained that ...   
   > Catching up on "For all Mankind" (season 2, I am very late).   
   >   
   > They depict the shuttle as going to/from the moon.  Forgetting   
   > landing/taking off on moon (and reality):   
      
   [..]   
   > If this is within realm of "possible", would it have costed less than   
   > SLS to go around the moon? (and perhaps of there is space in payload   
   > bay, drop off a LEM and bring it back).   
      
   The changes you describe would require about as much redesign work as   
   SLS; you'd essentially have a whole new shuttle except for the RS25s   
   and the fragile tiles, and the shuttle would still be exposed to ice   
   debris.   
      
   /dps   
      
   --   
   I have always been glad we weren't killed that night.  I do not know   
   any particular reason, but I have always been glad.   
     _Roughing It_, Mark Twain   
      
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