Originally Posted by
B Fraser
NASA did set the record for the greatest distance for a man rated spacecraft. OK, the piece of paper has yet to be signed on formally accrediting the craft but it is arguably fit for purpose.
It's become the custom amongst older space geeks to cough and mutter " but what about LM4" when that claim phrased in that manner gets mentioned....
Agree with you entirely on the subject of mascons, modern knowledge of the Moon's potential and the reason for the orbit used by Artemis....all to do with long term stability for testing, not navigation accuracy.