Re: What makes an ideal Moon base?
From: Herb Schaltegger (herb.schaltegger_at_gmail.com.invalid)
Date: 09/22/04
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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:59:19 -0500
In article <cis34p$5k2$1@newslocal.mitre.org>,
"Ami Silberman" <silber@mitre.org> wrote:
> Another idea I've seen that seems attractive is to use an LOR-based
> approach. Put a reasonably-sized station (Mir-sized, probably), in lunar
> orbit, and use it to stage the extended stay missions described above. I
> don't think, however, that this is a good solution overall, since the only
> saving you might have is reuse of the extended stay "mini-base". The crew
> would probably have to be sent from earth for each mission, and you would
> have the overhead of maintaining a space station.
Another problem is that due to the irregular gravitational field of the
moon, your orbit would perturb fairly quickly; this would require a
somewhat substantial reboost capability for the lunar station and of
course that implies a steady supply of propellant to do so, increasing
your overhead for station maintenance.
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