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Humans Fast, Machines Slow
Detach a small capsule with the humans that goes directly to the surface (with only days of life support) and leave the untended craft to do multi-pass aerobraking Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Colonization, Depot, engines, ESA, Global, industry, ISRU, JAXA, Lunar, Models, Motivation, NASA, RLV:s, Science Links, Spacecraft, Transportation
Tagged Aerobraking, Aerocapture, EML, High ISP, isp, Lagrange, LEO, Mars, NASA, SEP, Solar Electric
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Far Away, Yet So Close
He who controls the [Earth-Moon Lagrange points/Phobos/Deimos/Lunar North Pole], controls the solar system. Why? Because in space, it is not the tyranny of distance that sets the rules – it’s delta vee instead. Since there’s no resistance, traveling large distances … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Colonization, ISRU, Lunar, Motivation, NASA
Tagged Deimos, EML2, JIMO, Lagrange, NASA, Phobos, Spudis, VASIMR
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