Low cost heavy lift launch vehicle for lunar exploration based on the Energia launcher

Details Low cost heavy lift launch vehicle for lunar exploration based on the Energia launcher Low cost heavy lift launch vehicle for lunar exploration based on the Energia launcher

Aug 1992

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

IAF, International Astronautical Congress, 43rd, Washington, Aug. 28-Sept. 5, 1992. 9 p.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles, Liquid Hydrogen, Lunar Exploration, Space Transportation System, Life Cycle Costs, Low Cost

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Different mission strategies for large-scale lunar explorations using a low-cost heavy-lift launch vehicle based on the Energia launcher are examined. Using a parametrical cost model developed at the Berlin University of Technology, total life costs were determined for landing on the moon a cargo of 15 tons for $25,000/kg, showing it to be about half the cost of a comparable Saturn V/Apollo mission. It is noted that this opportunity for international cooperation is limited: the two complete Energia launchers which are presently stored will have to be launched within the next 3 to 5 years.

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