The Return To The Moon

A series of Design Reference Missions was established to facilitate the derivation of requirements and the allocation of functionality between the major architecture elements. Three of the DRMs were for lunar missions:

- Lunar Sortie Crew with Cargo
The architecture provides the capability for up to four crew members to explore any site on the Moon (i.e., global access) for up to 7 days. These missions, referred to as lunar sorties, are analogous to the Apollo surface missions and demonstrate the capability of the architecture
to land humans on the Moon, operate for a limited period on the surface, and safely return humans to Earth. Sortie missions also allow for exploration of high-interest science sites or scouting of future lunar outpost locations. Such a mission is assumed not to require the aid of pre-positioned lunar surface infrastructure such as habitats or power stations to perform the mission. During a sortie, the crew has the capability to perform daily EVAs with all crew members egressing from the vehicle through an airlock. Performing EVAs in pairs with all four crew members on the surface every day maximizes the scientific and operational value
of the mission.

- Lunar Outpost Cargo Delivery
The architecture provides the capability to deliver 20 mT of cargo to the lunar surface in a single mission using the elements of the human lunar transportation system. This capability
is used to deliver surface infrastructure needed for lunar outpost buildup (habitats, power systems, communications, mobility, In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) pilot plants, etc.), as well as periodic logistics resupply packages to support a continuous human presence.

- Lunar Outpost Crew with Cargo
A primary objective of the lunar architecture is to establish a continuous human presence on the lunar surface to accomplish exploration and science goals. This capability will be established
as quickly as possible following the return of humans to the Moon. To best accomplish science and ISRU goals, the outpost is expected to be located at the lunar south pole. The primary purpose of the mission is to transfer up to four crew members and supplies in a single mission to the outpost site for expeditions lasting up to 6 months. Every 6 months, a new crew will arrive at the outpost, and the crew already stationed there will return to Earth.

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• Constellation
• Moon

[Jimbob8971]

@dockreth oh and the iraq and afghan war was not a waste of money ehh? because u know something i would rather have my money go to something more exciting like the space program. than to weapons for some shitty war.

[hardstyle905]

NASA budget = $16 billion (0.6% of the U.S. federal budget).

U.S. military + Department of Homeland Security = $750 billion.

You be the judge.

[lego1991]

did this missionm actualy happend or no ??? or when is it scheduled???

[CruijffNo1]

A lot of people believe we never went to the moon, Im not saying Im 1 of them but Im not 100% convinced we did either, I mean its been 1972 since our last visit, we should have been back numerous times by now, especially with the improvement in video footage we have these days... I dont understand anyone that says the money could be spent on something better, what could be more exciting than going further than man has ever gone ?

We MUST go back to the moon !

[porrsmurfen]

@Jimbob8971 Dude, the Afghanistan and Iraq wars were just something like 1.3 trillion - I mean seriously, what would you rather have; the equivalent of 50 tedious Apollo spaceprograms, or 2 cool awesome wars of agression!?

Comon, use your mind.

[bogmire777]

Id gladly pay %10 more taxes if all my taxes went to NASA.

[spacewatcher215]

@hardstyle905 right........... War sure is more important for them aint it? What benefit will it bring us then?

[krazykhrisya]

@ApolloWasRealHoax Hahahahahaha, wow, I was trying to say I'll keep an open mind, even though I in no way agree. Alright, watching your videos now.

[ApolloWasRealHoax]

@krazykhrisya

OK. If you are an adult person watch one of the many videos with the "Apollo 11 post mission interview" here on YT.

After that,if you are not convinced it was all fake,I suggest you suicide because you'll be a another parasite feeding on humanity for the rest of your life.

[krazykhrisya]

@ApolloWasRealHoax Give anyone one good reason to believe Apollo was fake, that is all I ask. And no political bullshit, I'm saying find something wrong that can't be made right, THEN I'll agree.

[1ordequis]

First build a reusable crew rotation craft for the ISS. then use the ISS to build ships that will shuttle reusable landers to moon/mars and back. these shuttles need not return to earths surface as the crews of these ships can rotate using the ISS crew rotation craft. it would simplify the Orion vehicle into a orbital tug to move supplies/crews/landers to and from bases on the moon and mars. Would only have to use the reusable heavy launchers for new landers, parts and cargo.