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ItemA Scalable Orbital Propellant Depot Design(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-05-01) Street, DavidThis paper describes the design and features of a Scalable Orbital Propellant Depot Design tool. The purpose of the tool is to enable others to easily test the effectiveness of adding a propellant depot to an exploration architecture. Several options are available including zero boil-off technology, usable propellant and depot geometry. It is assumed that the depot is refillable with a total service life of 10 years and resides in low earth orbit. Examples of depots created with the tool are shown. Application to existing exploration architectures is also discussed.