Title:
The Apollo Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Architecture Decision Revisited

dc.contributor.author Reeves, David M. en_US
dc.contributor.author Scher, Michael D. en_US
dc.contributor.author Wilhite, Alan W. en_US
dc.contributor.author Stanley, Douglas O. en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. Space Systems Design Lab en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2006-01-23T16:18:59Z en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2006-03-03T21:11:50Z
dc.date.available 2006-01-23T16:18:59Z en_US
dc.date.available 2006-03-03T21:11:50Z
dc.date.issued 2005-11-09 en_US
dc.description This conference features the work of authors from: Georgia Tech’s Space Systems Design Lab, Aerospace Systems Design Lab, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech Research Institute; NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, Langley Research Center; and other aerospace industry and academic institutions en_US
dc.description.abstract The 1962 Apollo architecture mode decision process was revisited with modern analysis and systems engineer tools to determine driving selection criteria and technology/operational mode design decisions that may be used for NASA’s current Space Exploration program. Results of the study agreed with the Apollo selection of the Lunar Orbit Rendezvous mode based on the technology maturity and politics in 1962. Using today’s greater emphasis on human safety and improvements in technology and design maturity, a slight edge may be given to the direct lunar mode over lunar orbit rendezvous. Also, the NOVA direct mode and Earth orbit rendezvous mode are not competitive based any selection criteria. Finally, reliability and development, operations, and production costs are major drivers in today’s decision process. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship AIAA Space Systems Technical Committee ; AIAA Space Transportation Systems Technical Committee ; Space Technology Advanced Research Center en_US
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dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/8042
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries SSEC05 Session E;GT-SSEC.E.2 en_US
dc.subject Apollo mission architecture en_US
dc.subject Decision process drivers en_US
dc.subject Direct lunar mode en_US
dc.subject Lunar Orbit Rendezvous mode en_US
dc.subject Operational mode design decisions en_US
dc.subject Selection criteria en_US
dc.subject Systems engineering tools en_US
dc.title The Apollo Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Architecture Decision Revisited en_US
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