Basic building blocks required for lunar mission, re-entry vehicle and command center, lunar launch and orbit propulsion, and land stage are described; system designs for various missions are proposed and propulsion systems re-entry vehicle shapes, and possible inboard profiles suggested; various hazards, such as meteoroids, radiation and solar flares, and means to circumvent them.


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    Title :

    Lunar spacecraft designs


    Additional title:

    Am Astronautical Soc -- Advances Astronautical Sci


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    30 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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