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bewaretheirs
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Isro’s new GSLV Mk III rocket places GSAT-19 commu...
With capacity of 10 tons to LEO, 4 tons to GTO, it's somewhere between the Titan II (used for Gemini) and Titan III.
Would have to be a pretty lean moon mission.
InclinedPlane
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Only for a direct ascent architecture. There are lots of Earth orbit assembly missions that would be possible and not terribly expensive to pull off (at least for a lunar flyby style mission).
danielvf
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Wouldn't be a manned mission, but that's plenty enough for a small rover mission.
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Would have to be a pretty lean moon mission.