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| Russian Luna-3 photo |
SPACE1 has bumped the Moon Far Side Mission off the 2019 schedule for several reasons:
1) More time is needed for the Manned Moon Landing
2) Lunar Orbiter Flyby makes Far Side Missions unnecessary
3) More time is needed for the Moon to have proper orbital alignments
4) Parts are delayed from California
Now that the Moon Polar Orbital Flyby is a great success, SPACE1 will focus on two more missions - the ceremonial mission to Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Arzachel crater array and the Manned Moon Landing. The Moon Far Side mission can happen in the future, perhaps 2022, to get a look at the China probe, see craters the Russian spacecraft photographed, and to supplement the USA lunar farside program. On the other hand, SPACE1 is seriously thinking about a quick & dirty manned landing on the far side of the Moon. It would be a spartan private space industry first as no human has ever walked on the far side of the Moon!
