Location

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms

Start Date

23-4-1991 2:00 PM

End Date

23-4-1991 5:00 PM

Description

Space flight will need to evolve rapidly in sophistication and accomplishment. The need to develop affordable long term operations increases accordingly. As the Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) Program moves forward, human exploration of the Moon and Mars will require vehicles with improved capabilities. The payloads envisioned require launch vehicles, support equipment, facilities and fuels which mandate a quantum leap in our launch operations capabilities. Our knowledge of Earth based launch site processing, mission support and integrated logistics will drive vehicle designs for lunar and martian surface operations. Low cost and mission success for the program can be achieved through the early incorporation of operational factors into the design.

Comments

Space Exploration Initiatives

Session Chairman: George Abbey, Deputy for Operations, Synthesis Group, Arlington, VA

Session Organizer: Suzanne Hodge, Rockwell International Corporation, Cape Canaveral, FL

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Paper Session I-B - Launch Site Comparison Between the Earth, the Moon and Mars

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms

Space flight will need to evolve rapidly in sophistication and accomplishment. The need to develop affordable long term operations increases accordingly. As the Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) Program moves forward, human exploration of the Moon and Mars will require vehicles with improved capabilities. The payloads envisioned require launch vehicles, support equipment, facilities and fuels which mandate a quantum leap in our launch operations capabilities. Our knowledge of Earth based launch site processing, mission support and integrated logistics will drive vehicle designs for lunar and martian surface operations. Low cost and mission success for the program can be achieved through the early incorporation of operational factors into the design.

 

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