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#1 2025-05-18 18:16:56

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Lunar Gateway Misunderstood - Actually Mars Transport Test Bed

kbd512 informed the Google Meeting that he found a document about the Lunar Gateway.

More to be added.

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#2 2025-05-18 18:17:15

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Re: Lunar Gateway Misunderstood - Actually Mars Transport Test Bed

This post is for an index

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Post #4 ... Mars_B4_Moon ... The concept of the Lunar Gateway is "gone"

Per GW Johnson, the Lunar Gateway idea was a consequence of the insufficiency of the SLS system.

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#3 2025-05-18 18:21:40

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Re: Lunar Gateway Misunderstood - Actually Mars Transport Test Bed

Here are two links provided by kbd512

Deep space habitat and Lunar Orbital Gateway are the same thing;
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/201 … 014530.pdf

This is a more detailed discussion
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/201 … 002287.pdf

NewMars members are welcome to investigate to see what these papers relate to.

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#4 2026-04-12 03:17:59

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Re: Lunar Gateway Misunderstood - Actually Mars Transport Test Bed

its gone, or so they say in news media

NASA's lunar Gateway space station is out. Moon bases are in
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nas … 00120.html

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#5 2026-04-12 07:12:09

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Re: Lunar Gateway Misunderstood - Actually Mars Transport Test Bed

Europe to negotiate with NASA on lunar missions: ESA
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-europe-na … s-esa.html

NASA to spend $20 billion on moon base, cancel orbiting lunar space station
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/na … e-station2

Intuitive Machines To Repurpose Gateway Element For Mars Mission
https://aviationweek.com/space/space-ex … rs-mission


multiple international agreements

plus the region did not look secure with a supply chain and economic disruption with Middle East War.

UAE doubles down on moon exploration: Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre refuses to step back despite NASA’s U-turn on Lunar Gateway
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/wor … 846273.cms

For countries like the UAE, Gateway was not just symbolic

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