Since 2005, Ares has made substantial progress on designing, developing, and testing the Ares I crew launch vehicle and has continued its in-depth studies of the Ares V cargo launch vehicles. The combined Ares I/Ares V architecture was designed to reduce the complexity and labor intensity of ground operations for America s next journeys beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO). The Ares Projects goal is to instill operability as part of the vehicles requirements development, design, and operations. Since completing the Preliminary Design Review in 2008, work has continued to push the Ares I beyond the concept phase and into full vehicle development, while tackling fresh engineering challenges and performing pathfinding activities related to vehicle manufacturing and ground operations.
Space Operations for a New Era of Exploration Launch Vehicles
2010
18 pages
Report
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English
Space Operations for a New Era of Exploration Launch Vehicles
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2010
|Reusable Launch Vehicles and Space Operations
NTIS | 2000
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