Establishing the infrastructure - Orbital operational requirements and optionsManned missions currently under consideration for exploration of the moon and Mars entail supporting activities in LEO. Attention is presently given to the significance of NASA's Space Station Freedom for both the support of lunar base-building efforts and the gathering of expertise for such ambitious undertakings. The lunar base infrastructure is expected to in turn play a similar technology-validating and operations-supporting role for manned exploration of Mars. Attention is given to the incorporation of aerobrake construction facilities by Space Station Freedom.
Document ID
19930028076
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Pritchard, E. B. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: In: Mars: Past, present, and future; Proceedings of the Conference, Williamsburg, VA, July 16-19, 1991 (A93-12051 02-91)
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics