Message:Let Chinese or Billionaires waste money on this.
It's a test flight. Turn the key. Be bold. I've been near (enough) to epic launch failure. Cryos was wrong propellant. Complete re-design with hypergolics (the expense). Assemble with a ferry stage in orbit (new design and lots of meetings). Or ballistic launch at moon the supplies and only use a small vehicle to bring the few colonists. Someone else can have the First Woman on Moon honors, make sure the second is prepared to stay.
Oh my oh my, defund NASA. Bring them back to pure science and out of the politically charged big budget builds. We lost the right stuff.
Yours,
IronRed
03-Sep-2022