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I bet a Delta IV heavy could get it around the moon with a tortoise
That's what the Russians did with their Zonds 4,5 and 6 in 1968-69. They used a Proton rocket to send stripped down Soyuz craft around the moon as a precursor to sending a man around the moon. Indeed, I reckon a single person Dragon craft could loop around the moon on the back of a Delta IV heavy launch.
The problem is that neither the Dragon nor the Delta IV heavy has been "man rated" yet.
That's what the Russians did with their Zonds 4,5 and 6 in 1968-69. They used a Proton rocket to send stripped down Soyuz craft around the moon as a precursor to sending a man around the moon. Indeed, I reckon a single person Dragon craft could loop around the moon on the back of a Delta IV heavy launch.
The problem is that neither the Dragon nor the Delta IV heavy has been "man rated" yet.
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