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Prospectives in Deep Space Infrastructures, Development, and ColonizationThe realization of the long studied cost reduction benefits of reusable rockets is expected to revolutionize and enable both commercial deep space beyond Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and solar system human colonization. The projections for a myriad of space commercialization activities beyond the current largely positional Earth utilities and Humans‐Mars both safe and affordable may now be realizable. This report considers these putative commercial and colonization‐related activities, the emerging technologies, the space functionalities to support and further enable them, and envisions the nature of space developments beyond GEO going forward.
Document ID
20200001142
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Dennis M Bushnell
(Langley Research Center Hampton, United States)
Robert W Moses
(Langley Research Center Hampton, United States)
Date Acquired
February 25, 2020
Publication Date
February 1, 2020
Publication Information
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Subject Category
Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
Report/Patent Number
NF1676L-35522
L-21097
NASA/TM-2020-220442
Funding Number(s)
WBS: 736466.01.08.07.11.01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Space
Solar System
Human Colonization
Geostationary
Commercialization
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