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Lunar Transport System Components by
Alex Terrell
What components need to make up the lunar transport architecture?
One thing I'm not too sure of is the difference between OSP and CEV.
Is CEV just be an...
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How hard is it to land 4 on the moon? by
Alex Terrell
With all the extra complexities created by the 1.5 architecture, has
NASA asked:
What is the minimum LEO launch capability needed, for a crew of 4, plus
"hand...
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Light Powered Spacecraft by
Alex Terrell
Just as an amusing thought for the engineers and sci-fi followers, the
question of how to reach interstellar speeds comes back.
The force of sunlight is about...
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Lunar Tents by
Alex Terrell
Assuming the first lunar bases are not built in lava tubes, there is a
need to protect equipment from temperature extremes, and to protect
equipment that's not...
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Mars halo mirror for terraforming? by
Alex Terrell
Leaving aside the debates about Mars' desirability etc ........
Zubrin and McKay have proposed statite reflectors for heating...
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Apollo 18 is GO! by
Alex Terrell
Hogwarts, Washington, 19 September 2005.
Some thirty three years after the Apollo 17 returned from the moon,
NASA have finally given the green light to Apollo...
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US Equatorial Launch Base by
Alex Terrell
If the US has decided that the moon is the right place to go, would an
equatorial launch base make sense?
How much would this improve the mass to Lunar...
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Delta V for ballistic trajectory on the moon by
Alex Terrell
I tried posting this to tech, but it wasn't (not yet) accepted, so
I'll tries policy.
What is the minumum delta V requirement for a ballistic trajectory
from...
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Optimum Microwave Frequencies by
Alex Terrell
This article http://monolith.caltech.edu/Papers/ParkinLauncher.pdf
talks about using microwaves to power a hydrogen fueled launch rocket
(see discusion in...
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Entering space by
Alex Terrell
A couple of years ago I published a route map on how Near Earth
Asteroids could be used to establish a profitable space based economy.
Then along came...
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CEV launch - Stick or HLV? by
Alex Terrell
NASA is proposing the stick to launch the CEV. This seems to have a
capability of about 20-25 tons to LEO - about the same as an EELV
Heavy.
NASA is also...
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Google to launch Moon and Mars colonies by
Alex Terrell
Check out he
http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html
and
http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html
This is a great opportunity for lots of the posters...
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