Odysseus is the first U.S. lander on the Moon in 50 years. The lander is made by private industry. And that makes it more interesting. The builder of that craft is the Intuitive Machines. The purpose of that mission is to act as a pathfinder for the moon missions. The thing is that companies like Space X and other similar actors, including Intuitive Machines, plan to send people to the Moon. And then make commercial operations on Earth's satellites.
The Moon could be an excellent place to make things like Helium 3 and antimatter. The Moon observatories that are equipped with lasers can search things like asteroids with noble, and strategic metals. Those systems can use laser spectroscopes to the asteroid's material into vapor. Then the spectroscope sees what kind of elements that material involves. That data can be used to make plans for the targets of the next targets for manned and unmanned missions.
The private industry has a big role in the next-generation space projects. The private industry is much more flexible in money use than governments. And that means the private industry can make spacecraft, space suits, and crafts faster than the government. And that means things like new space shuttles that can carry crews or act as zero gravity remote-controlled laboratories can operated by private corporations. Rather than governments.
Space X's Moonbase vision.
"Illustration of Sierra Space’s first Dream Chaser, named DC#1 (Tenacity). The Dream Chaser spacecraft, developed by Sierra Space for NASA, is preparing for a 2024 demonstration mission to the ISS, focusing on cargo delivery and in-orbit certification. Credit: Sierra Space" (ScitechDaily, Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser Spaceplane: Revolutionizing ISS Resupply for NASA)
"Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane and its Shooting Star cargo module were showcased under blue lights at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility, marking their preparation for space’s harsh conditions. Credit: Sierra Space/Shay Saldana" (ScitechDaily.com, Spaceplane Spectacle: Dream Chaser Endures NASA’s Ultimate Trial)
The miniature shuttles can serve civil and military operators.
The Dream Chaser endures the NASA's ultimate trial. And that thing is the next generation of miniature shuttles. Those shuttles can rescue crews and cargo from another spacecraft. They can use space hooks to lift micro-satellites to the orbiter. And those systems can also transport robots to fix and check satellites.
There have been plans to use those miniature shuttles in military missions. Miniature shuttles can used to recon missions against satellites. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed the MiG-105 Spiral miniature shuttle. There were rumors that those shuttles planned to carry anti-satellite kinetic weapons.
And miniature shuttles could carry internal nuclear warheads. Their cargo bay allows them to carry nuclear weapons in those shuttles. The operators can load nuclear bombs into those miniature shuttles, and then if those weapons are not used. The shuttle can return them to the base.
In the world of the military, the miniature shuttles can carry nuclear warheads. In those systems, the nuclear weapon in the internal cargo load can detonate inside those remotely controlled shuttles. That makes them the ultimate cruise missiles. This kind of system must not drop or separate the nuclear weapon before it launches the detonator.
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