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From: rambler@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Dan Meyer)
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Subject: Re: Translunar/interplanetary shuttle?
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Date: 1 Dec 90 16:45:54 GMT
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AEGQC@CUNYVM (Audra G.) writes:
>The latest issue of _Analog_ has an article describing how the shuttle
>could be adapted as a moon ship.  Apparently if the ship either carried
>two extra boosters or was refueled in orbit, it would be able to reach
>and return from lunar orbit, using a LEM-like craft carried in the cargo
>bay to get people to the surface of the Moon and back.  If this is indeed
>doable (and the article had a lot of mathematics), I would like to ask if,
>if still more tanks were added in orbit, the shuttle could be used to reach
>further celestial bodies as well.  Any thoughts? --Shangti

What about 1/2 the cargo bay for fuel, and half the cargo bay for an LEM ?
or maybe pick the LEM up in earth orbit, and drag it along behind as sort of a
"Space Trailer", using all of the cargo bay for fuel. maybe even send the LEM
to a Lunar Orbit, then making an EVA to it from the shuttle.

Just some dangerous random thoughts

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