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Early on in the SLS program, its main advertised benefit was the ability to launch large, monolithic station modules, landers, and transfer vehicles, well in excess of what commercial vehicles could carry even to LEO. That rationale didn't last long, as bidders for Gateway and HLS were explicitly discouraged from relying on SLS, and even before that most had favored commercial launchers anyway. Here, a 7.2 meter habitat module is carried to orbit by an SLS Block 1B.

This is an update to one of my earliest renders .

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Description

Early on in the SLS program, its main advertised benefit was the ability to launch large, monolithic station modules, landers, and transfer vehicles, well in excess of what commercial vehicles could carry even to LEO. That rationale didn't last long, as bidders for Gateway and HLS were explicitly discouraged from relying on SLS, and even before that most had favored commercial launchers anyway. Here, a 7.2 meter habitat module is carried to orbit by an SLS Block 1B.

This is an update to one of my earliest renders .

Like my work? Support it and see previews of upcoming renders on Patreon !