Lunar Base Launch and Landing Facility Conceptual Design, 2nd Edition

Download or read book Lunar Base Launch and Landing Facility Conceptual Design, 2nd Edition written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report documents the Lunar Base Launch and Landing Facility Conceptual Design study. The purpose of this study was to examine the requirements for launch and landing facilities for early lunar bases and to prepare conceptual designs for some of these facilities. The emphasis of this study is on the facilities needed from the first manned landing until permanent occupancy. Surface characteristics and flight vehicle interactions are described, and various facility operations are related. Specific recommendations for equipment, facilities, and evolutionary planning are made, and effects of different aspects of lunar development scenarios on facilities and operations are detailed. Finally, for a given scenario, a specific conceptual design is developed and presented. Unspecified Center LAUNCHING BASES; LUNAR BASES; LUNAR SURFACE; PLANETARY LANDING; SPACECRAFT LANDING; DESIGN ANALYSIS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT...