A low-risk, high-value approach to implementing resource processing is presented. The design utilizes processing plants at Deimos and Mars, a fueling depot in a Mars parking orbit, and small shuttles transferring crew and cargo between sites. The system fuels Mars ascent and descent states and the earth-return stage. Fueling at Mars reduces launch requirements by 25 percent, or, alternatively, enables the substitution of payload for fuel on a near 1:1 basis and thereby triples the payload delivered to Mars.
A get started approach for resource processing
1989-01-01
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English
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