It’s like riding a bullet.

Shown here is the end segment of a much longer structure – a mass driver. There are presently six on the surface of the Moon, four of which are run as joint projects by the Earth’s space agencies. One is the only such installation in the solar system still operated by a single nation. This one is owned and operated by the Volund Verne Vehicles company. Today’s launch is of a shuttle with a crew of sixteen.

Next stop: Mars!

This MOC is built using 1017 parts. A little more than 27% of these pieces (including one 16x32 baseplate) make up a portion of the Lunar surface.