Cryogenic propellant transfer can significantly benefit NASA s space exploration initiative. LMSSC parametric studies indicate that "Topping off" the Earth Departure Stage (EDS) in LEO with approx.20 mT of additional propellant using cryogenic propellant transfer increases the lunar delivered payload by 5 mT. Filling the EDS to capacity in LEO with 78 mT of propellants increases the delivered payload by 20 mT. Cryogenic propellant transfer is directly extensible to Mars exploration in that it provides propellant for the Mars Earth Departure stage and in-situ propellant utilization at Mars. To enable the significant performance increase provided by cryogenic propellant transfer, the reliability and robustness of the transfer process must be guaranteed. By utilizing low vehicle acceleration during the cryogenic transfer the operation is significantly simplified and enables the maximum use of existing, reliable, mature upper stage cryogenic-fluid-management (CFM) techniques. Due to settling, large-scale propellant transfer becomes an engineering effort, and not the technology development endeavor required with zero-gravity propellant transfer. The following key CFM technologies are all currently implemented by settling on both the Centaur and Delta IV upper stages: propellant acquisition, hardware chilldown, pressure control, and mass gauging. The key remaining technology, autonomous rendezvous and docking, is already in use by the Russians, and must be perfected for NASA whether the use of propellant transfer is utilized or not.


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    Titel :

    Settled Cryogenic Propellant Transfer


    Beteiligte:
    Kutter, Bernard F. (Autor:in) / Zegler, Frank (Autor:in) / Sakla, Steve (Autor:in) / Wall, John (Autor:in) / Hopkins, Josh (Autor:in) / Saks, Greg (Autor:in) / Duffey, Jack (Autor:in) / Chato, David J. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    42nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit ; 2006 ; Sacramento, CA, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2006-11-01


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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