MIT says NASA could save billions by using the moon as pit stop for Mars missions
The trip to Mars is a long one. The distance between our planet and the red one is roughly 34 million miles — so it’ll require a lot of fuel and other resources to be carried on board during launch. A team at MIT evaluated this trip andproposedthe idea of using the moon as a refueling spot to help lighten the initial launch load of any future Mars-bound spacecraft. The results of this strategic engineering study were recently published in the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets....