The lunar resource base - Stepping-stone to Mars

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Aug 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992wadc.iafcz....r&link_type=abstract

IAF, International Astronautical Congress, 43rd, Washington, Aug. 28-Sept. 5, 1992. 12 p.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Chemical Propulsion, Electrolysis, Lunar Bases, Lunar Resources, Mission Planning, Oxygen Production, Interplanetary Flight, Life Support Systems, Liquid Oxygen, Mars (Planet), Space Station Freedom

Scientific paper

The use of a lunar base to supply oxygen for the chemically propelled Mars vehicles staged from the moon is explored, and this mission scenario is compared with one in which the Mars vehicles are fueled in LEO. The magma electrolysis process is selected as the model for the lunar resource base design, and the basic infrastructure required to support large-scale oxygen production and storage is defined. It is demonstrated that substantial saving in mass to LEO, and therefore cost, can be realized by staging the Mars mission from the moon using lunar liquid oxygen, even when the large infrastructure needed is fully accounted for.

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