GoKawiilNASA Safety Panel Estimates 22 Starship Launches Needed for One Moon Landing
A member of NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel stated that SpaceX's Artemis lunar landing plan would require nearly 22 separate Starship launches to fill an orbital propellant depot before a single crewed Moon mission could proceed. This figure far exceeds the much lower launch counts Elon Musk has previously suggested for the architecture.