Jun 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987aeam...25...30a&link_type=abstract
Aerospace America (ISSN 0740-722X), vol. 25, June 1987, p. 30-32.
Physics
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Lunar Bases, Nasa Space Programs, Solar Electric Propulsion, Space Transportation, Ion Engines, Photovoltaic Cells, Solar Arrays, Xenon
Scientific paper
Solar-electric propulsion for a fleet of lunar ferry vehicles may allow the creation of a permanent lunar base not long after the turn of the century with greater cost effectiveness than a fleet of chemically powered spacecraft. After delivery by the Space Shuttle to a 300-km earth orbit, the lunar ferry envisioned would travel in spiral trajectory to the moon under the power of 300-kW solar arrays and ten 30-kW Xe-ion engines; each of the solar arrays would be 12 x 61 m long. Each trip between the earth parking orbit and the moon would take about 1 year, so that a fleet of four ferries operating simultaneously could deliver 20 metric tons to a lunar base every 100 days.
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