In remarks after the spaceflight, Koerner praised the 'incredible' video of the Starship rocket and its Super Heavy booster returning to Earth, with each making a soft landing. 'That was very promising, and a very, very successful engineering test,' she added, speaking at a meeting of the Space Studies Board.
Instead of landing on the Moon, a crew would launch in the Orion spacecraft and rendezvous with Starship in low-Earth orbit. This would essentially be a repeat of the Apollo 9 mission, buying down risk and providing a meaningful stepping stone between Artemis missions.
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