The National Aeronautics and Space Administration proposed that a new class of robotic space missions and spacecrafts be introduced to 'ensure that future missions are safe, sustainable and affordable'. Indeed, the United States space program aims for a return to manned space missions beyond Earth orbit, and robotic explorers are intended to pave the way. This vision requires that all future missions become less costly, provide a sustainable business plan, and increase in safety. Over the course of several fast feasibility studies that considered the 3 drivers above, the small-scale, consumer-driven Moon-Orbiting Mothership Explorer (MOM-E) mission was born. MOM-E's goals are to enable space exploration by offering a scaled down platform which carries multiple small space explorers to the Moon. Each payload will be dropped at their desired destination, offering a competitive price to customers. MOM-E's current scope of operations is limited to the Moon and will be used as a proof of concept mission. However, MOM-E is specifically designed with the idea that the platform is scalable.


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    Titel :

    MOM-E: Moon-Orbiting Mothership Explorer


    Beteiligte:
    G. A. Murphy (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2010


    Format / Umfang :

    73 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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