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Post by amitchell on Sept 27, 2017 15:24:57 GMT
So, I found this system a while back and I was thinking it might be good for building and resupplying a base on the moon. It was first proposed by Buzz Aldrin back in 1985, and involves a spacecraft in an orbit between the earth and the moon, flying by the latter once every Lunar sidereal period. I've included a link to a NASA paper about it here: ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20160004674.pdfAny thoughts?
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Mike
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Post by Mike on Oct 15, 2017 18:26:07 GMT
According to article, stable unsupported orbit have way to high altitude, when circling Earth. "Taxi" can take up to 48 hours, before embarking, and this seems to me, to be at already 3/5ths of Moon distance. So, maybe small savings on "Taxi" fuel (no deceleration), but Moon gravity is so low, that saving wouldn't be great anyway. I don't see practical use, except tourist attraction. Maybe in some sort of energy transfer from/to surface?
I was actually thinking, that materials shot from Moon, could be delivered to Earth on parachutes, but I don't see usage for Cycler in that case.
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