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Old 17-05-2010, 10:15 AM
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Lifting to L.E.O. and travelling around space are 2 different problems and would be best served by specific solutions.

Comercial projects like Virgin Galactic will be able to take care of the L.E.O lifting.

Dedicated Space vehicles can shuttle back and forth between Earth and Moon. Being permanently in space and only needing to be lifted once they won't be limited in design to fitting inside the nose cone of a traditional rocket.

Ideally this vehicle would be capable of landing on the moon without the need for a separate lunar landing vehicle.
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