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Although there are a lot of LM alternative designs that you can find, something to keep in mind is that very few of these may have been practical. There was one senior NASA official--I forget who--who thought that the LM was just too specialized to have any other uses than its assigned mission. It just could not be adapted in his view. Of course, it would be nice to know the details. It strikes me that the LM could have been adapted for some other landing missions. But then again, maybe the margins were too small. For instance, using it as an unmanned cargo vehicle might have been impractical because there was no good way to control it on landing. And maybe it just could not be adapted to carry much more cargo without a lot of changes to the descent stage.
Although there are a lot of LM alternative designs that you can find, something to keep in mind is that very few of these may have been practical. There was one senior NASA official--I forget who--who thought that the LM was just too specialized to have any other uses than its assigned mission. It just could not be adapted in his view.
Of course, it would be nice to know the details. It strikes me that the LM could have been adapted for some other landing missions. But then again, maybe the margins were too small. For instance, using it as an unmanned cargo vehicle might have been impractical because there was no good way to control it on landing. And maybe it just could not be adapted to carry much more cargo without a lot of changes to the descent stage.
