Preliminary design studies conducted by NASA are summarized which determined the requirements of the Space Station Freedom and transportation options for the establishment of a lunar outpost. Three phases are defined - emplacement, consolidation, and utilization - to describe the gradual development of the outpost. The lunar transportation system is based on the use of an earth-to-orbit and an LEO-lunar surface system for moving vehicles, propellant, crew, and cargo to the outpost. The vehicle-design and size requirements are defined for the reusable lunar-transfer vehicle and the lunar-excursion vehicle. Space Station Freedom is established as the LEO transportation node which transfers the required payloads to the excursion spacecraft following a 300-km low lunar orbit. The proposed lunar excursion vehicle is theorized to be capable of delivering 33 tons of cargo to the surface of the moon in the cargo-expendable mode.


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    Title :

    Space Station requirements and transportation options for lunar outpost



    Conference:

    Space Congress ; 1990 ; Cocoa Beach, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    1990-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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