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Architecture for Lunar Return Using Existing Assets

机译:利用现有资产返回月球的体系结构

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The United States has a human space-flight program that bypasses the lunar surface in favor of missions to near-Earth objects and Mars. These are laudable goals, but the moon also has much to offer. Limited budgets probably preclude a U.S. government-sponsored human lunar exploration in the coming decade; however, the possibility exists for such to be accomplished by private enterprise. It is posited that, to bring costs within a range that might make a business case close, the mission must be relatively austere and make maximum use of existing assets and capabilities. This paper reports on a study conducted to evaluate the feasibility of lunar mission architectures primarily using as much existing or in-development, commercially available hardware and technology as possible. In particular, dual Earth-orbit rendezvous-lunar-orbit rendezvous and dual launch-lunar-orbit rendezvous missions are studied using existing and in-development flight systems as examples. The solutions described here are found to be feasible, to substantially reduce development requirements relative to recent post-Apollo approaches involving entirely new launchers and crew capsules, and to offer the possibility of human lunar expeditions at costs not unlike robotic flagship exploration missions.
机译:美国有一项载人航天计划,绕过月球表面,以执行对近地物体和火星的飞行任务。这些是值得称赞的目标,但月球也有很多作用。预算有限可能无法在未来十年内由美国政府资助进行人类登月探索;但是,私有企业有可能实现这一目标。假设要使成本在可能使业务案例接近的范围内,任务必须相对严格,并最大程度地利用现有资产和功能。本文报告了一项旨在评估登月任务体系结构可行性的研究,该研究主要使用尽可能多的现有或开发中的市售硬件和技术。特别是,以现有和正在开发的飞行系统为例,研究了双地球轨道交会-月球轨道交会和双发射月球轨道交会任务。发现这里描述的解决方案是可行的,相对于涉及全新发射器和乘员舱的最近的阿波罗后方法,大大降低了开发需求,并提供了人类登月探险的可能性,而费用却与机器人旗舰探测任务不同。

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    《Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets》 |2013年第4期|838-847|共10页
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    Golden Spike Company, Boulder, Colorado 80304;

    Golden Spike Company, Boulder, Colorado 80304;

    Golden Spike Company, Boulder, Colorado 80304;

    Golden Spike Company, Boulder, Colorado 80304;

    Golden Spike Company, Boulder, Colorado 80304;

  • 收录信息 美国《科学引文索引》(SCI);美国《工程索引》(EI);
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  • 正文语种 eng
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