In r/space and r/spaceflight, discussion drills into human factors and trajectory choices, comparing Orion living space to Dragon and Apollo while asking how close a lunar flyby could safely get.
There will be four astronauts in the Orion capsule for 10 days.
About the same usable space as Dragon but this would be twice as long as any free-floating Dragon mission.
Edit: Closer to Apollo 8
If we wanted to give the Artemis II crew a thrill, how close to the moons surface could we plan a flyby?
If we wanted to, how "close" could we safely pilot Artemis to the moons surface while still flying by at full speed for a slingshot and free return?
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