Tag Archives: FLEX

NASA's Rejuvenation

Posted on Wed, 2010-02-10 by gravityloss

I do appreciate that the model is so different from Apollo that it takes time and thought to understand what it is about; I did not see it at first myself — but once I got past my preconceptions, I … Continue reading →

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FLEX – Flexible Exploration Architecture

Posted on Fri, 2008-11-21 by gravityloss

I wrote this architecture proposal, FLEX, a few years ago. It analyzes NASA’s approach that the ESAS study picked and notices how most of the mass in a lunar exploration stack in LEO is actually liquid oxygen. By using a … Continue reading →

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