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The Apollo Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Architecture Decision Revisited
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 |
dc.type | Text | |
dc.type.genre | Presentation | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
local.contributor.corporatename | Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) | |
local.relation.ispartofseries | Space Systems Engineering Conference | |
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