It depends on how much money you're willing to spend. Anything is possible. It depends on the space station itself. It's much cheaper if you designate SpaceX Dragon capsule as a "space station" than something as large as the ISS.
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It depends on how much money you're willing to spend. Anything is possible. It depends on the space station itself. It's much cheaper if you designate SpaceX Dragon capsule as a "space station" than something as large as the ISS.
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1月17日下午，航天科技集团五院隆重举行空间站任务试验队出征仪式。空间站核心舱、载人飞船和货运飞船三位总指挥分别进行了发言，试验队员代表进行了宣誓。张洪太院长向空间站天和核心舱试验队、载人飞船试验队和货运飞船试验队授出征旗
On the afternoon of January 17, the Fifth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Group held a grand expedition ceremony for the space station mission test team. The three commanders of the core compartment of the space station, the manned spacecraft, and the cargo spacecraft delivered speeches respectively, and the representatives of the test team took the oath. Dean Zhang Hongtai awarded the expedition flag to the space station Tianhe core module test team, manned spacecraft test team and cargo spacecraft test team.
On the afternoon of January 17, the Fifth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Group held a grand expedition ceremony for the space station mission test team. The three commanders of the core compartment of the space station, the manned spacecraft, and the cargo spacecraft delivered speeches respectively, and the representatives of the test team took the oath. Dean Zhang Hongtai awarded the expedition flag to the space station Tianhe core module test team, manned spacecraft test team and cargo spacecraft test team.
Landing an orbital station [like ISS] on the moon is an ugly proposition. Totally not designed for that. [Although I think it was attempted in the book Seveneves.]
Although, it is possible to land a purpose-built 'moon station' on the lunar surface in one shot. That's kind of what was planned for Artemis:
Whether going to moon or Mars, there are plans to land habitats on the surface prior to human visits. Such habitats could even be linked in order to form a 'station.'
You land the automated, unmanned modules separately, and you can link them up with solar panel farms and other devices later.
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