Let's use SLS to do a single shot mission to the moon.
Problem: Solid boosters aren't powerful enough.
Solution: Quad F9 boosters!
Total mass: 2982 tonnes
Lift off TWR: 1.17
A structural adapter channels the thrust of each booster pair into the core thrust beam
Peak acceleration at max thrust: 3.72 G
154 tonnes of propellant and payload in LEO
TLI burn
The Orion service module doesn't have enough propellant to do both the capture and escape burn
So the Lunar landing stage does most of the leg work on the capture burn.
The burn stops 120 m/s short of circular low Lunar orbit
Now Orion takes over
Low Lunar orbit achieved!
Slight dog leg maneuver on the ascent due to the rotation of the Moon.
Earth return burn
