info on "interorbit" vehicle?

There has been some talk of a substitute for Orion/Constellation that
would include a manned spacecraft that would be used solely in space
(i.e. no descent/reentry module). I assume it would fly between earth
orbit and moon orbit or mars orbit. Can anyone point me to a details,
design, etc.?

On Apr 13, 9:50*am, wrote:
There has been some talk of a substitute for Orion/Constellation that
would include a manned spacecraft that would be used solely in space
(i.e. no descent/reentry module). *I assume it would fly between earth
orbit and moon orbit or mars orbit. *Can anyone point me to a details,
design, etc.?

I would imagine that such a vehicle has been sketched, but details may
not have been supplied yet, even by the sketcher.

Moon-to-LEO returns are problematic due to the braking required;
Apollo needed the upper atmosphere drag, and I recall that sci.space.*
has discussed the worry on Apollo 13 that they might not be able to
get a course that slowed the capsule enough. So inter-orbit may be
LEO-MEO or even LEO-LEO.

You might want to look up previous information on the space tug ideas.

/dps

On Apr 17, 2:32�pm, snidely wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:50�am, wrote:

There has been some talk of a substitute for Orion/Constellation that
would include a manned spacecraft that would be used solely in space
(i.e. no descent/reentry module). �I assume it would fly between earth
orbit and moon orbit or mars orbit. �Can anyone point me to a details,
design, etc.?

I would imagine that such a vehicle has been sketched, but details may
not have been supplied yet, even by the sketcher.

Moon-to-LEO returns are problematic due to the braking required;
Apollo needed the upper atmosphere drag, and I recall that sci.space.*
has discussed the worry on Apollo 13 that they might not be able to
get a course that slowed the capsule enough. �So inter-orbit may be
LEO-MEO or even LEO-LEO.

You might want to look up previous information on the space tug ideas.

/dps

picture a inflatable transhab inflated just for braking............