I guess I’ll give NASA the benefit of the doubt until they say what the alternate mission profiles are? Repeating Artemis II feels like a waste. I could see some value in going to a minimal Gateway (just HALO+PPE) or just to NRHO before Gateway is ready. If they could launch an SLS+Orion per year then yeah, maybe, but we’ll be lucky to get 4 total this decade.
I guess I’ll give NASA the benefit of the doubt until they say what the alternate mission profiles are? Repeating Artemis II feels like a waste. I could see some value in going to a minimal Gateway (just HALO+PPE) or just to NRHO before Gateway is ready. If they could launch an SLS+Orion per year then yeah, maybe, but we’ll be lucky to get 4 total this decade.