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FLEX – Flexible Exploration Architecture
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
Posted in Architecture, Depot, industry, ISRU, Lunar, Models, Motivation, NASA, RLV:s, Spacecraft
Tagged Architecture, Ares V, ESAS, exploration, FLEX, Griffin, liquid oxygen, NASA, propellant depot, VSE
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Ares I is in a Bit of a Trouble
Nasaspaceflight.com’s Chris Bergin finally wrote the article on Ares I’s thrust oscillation mitigation options. There are three main ones: new pulsed brake rockets, a damper between stages and a tuned small mass damper in the SRB. All three could be applied. They also increase mass and thus reduce performance. Ares I’s thrust oscillation coupled with the whole rocket’s already … Continue reading
Analytics On Steroids
Okay, the topic of course is a pun of the current moon exploration approach chosen by NASA. It has been the subject of endless debate, and rightly so, but the various ideas for that are a subject for other days. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, ISRU, Models, RLV:s, Spacecraft, Uncategorized
Tagged analytics, ESAS, heavy lift, Koelle, Lunar architecture, Moon, VSE
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