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The KSC is looking for a new test pilot that can endure the 250G acceleration of the launch.
The small electric motors alone can lift it without a problem. And can also run solely from the single Jumo's alternator, and even without taking stored charge they improve thrust considerably.
Back from space after 3 weeks in Mun orbit. Carrying five crew members and samples from the Mun safely back home. Even though reentry speeds were higher than the 3000m/s the craft was rated for.
Four more remained, doing research on the surface laboratory. Waiting for a resupplying craft to arrive with new equipment, built on the research returned from the first part of the mission.