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Figure T-9. Lunar Module Comparisons
Figure T-10. Payload to Lunar Orbit from refilling the Falcon 2nd Stage
Figure T-11. Phase 2 System Architecture
Figure T-15. Aerocapture Reusable OTV Module
+5 Figure LCC-6. Initial Conservative Scenario. Estimated costs across...
Economic Assessment and Systems Analysis of an Evolvable Lunar Architecture that Leverages Commercial Space Capabilities and Public-Private-Partnerships
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  • Jul 2015
This study’s primary purpose was to assess the feasibility of new approaches for achieving our national goals in space. NexGen assembled a team of former NASA executives and engineers who assessed the economic and technical viability of an “Evolvable Lunar Architecture” (ELA) that leverages commercial capabilities and services that are existing or...
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... An alternative approach results from recent evidence of ice at the lunar poles [6]: propellant could be produced from lunar resources and used either on the lunar surface [2,[7][8][9] or in cis-lunar space [4,[10][11][12][13]. Producing propellant at the location of demand has been shown to enable self-sufficiency [14] and reduce the need for propellant to be pushed through the 15+ km/s of Δ required to reach the lunar surface from Earth. ...
Reference: Cost Breakeven Analysis of Lunar In-Situ Propellant Production for Human Missions to the Moon and Mars
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