Sentences with phrase «sortie mission phase»

After the first few sorties to prove the hardware ---- and there's nothing wrong with going through a transient, sortie mission phase, as long as we eventually move beyond it ---- we'll need a sizable - enough lander in order to design an unmanned cargo - transport variant, so that a base module can be sent Moonward ahead of the designated crew; hence expanding & lengthening our manned surface operations.