Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990stin...9025921k&link_type=abstract
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Physics
Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles, Launch Vehicles, Orbital Launching, Spacecraft Design, Orbital Assembly, Transportation
Scientific paper
A top level assessment is performed of the relative impacts of on-orbit assembly of the lunar or Mars transfer vehicles versus direct launch. The objective is to identify the major option paths for the Earth-to-orbit, ETO, transportation systems. Heavy lift launch vehicles, if large enough, could reduce or eliminate on-orbit assembly. However, with every new approach, there are always counter-balancing considerations and it is the objective to begin the delineation of the necessary follow-on trade study issues.
Katzberg Stephen J.
Pritchard Brian E.
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