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shuttle2moon
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I wonder if this has been asked before? Can we take the shuttle to the moon? It was suggested in a recent book by Hickman that it could.<br /><br />I know the engines only last one flight before needing rebuilding, along with the fact we would need much more delta V than the shuttle itself can provide..but could we send up spare engines in a progress module and just switch them out in orbit? Perhaps we might have to increase the power of SSME's somehow, but is concept, is something like this possible?<br /><br />It would sure be sexy to have the orbiter ORBITING THE MOON! <br /><br />Just found this thread.<br />http://uplink.space.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=missions&Number=135927&page=2&view=collapsed&sb=7&o=0&fpart=<br /><br />But still...an engine swap, a refuel of the orbiter...it looks like it could be done<br />