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Crew Vehicle & Service Vehicle
Tag: EMPIRE – General Dynamics
Earth Entry Vehicle
Artists’ concepts (Spacecraft) [1 of 6 folders]
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LM with Mylar Tower
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Landing Module Descent
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Lunar Landing Module
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Mars Convoy
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Mars Capture Mission in 1982. Orbit crew inspects the nuclear twin engine NERVA II system of the Earth Departure Module. Each engine delivers 250, 000 lbs. of thrust.
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Vehicle Requirements
Artists’ concepts (spacecraft) [2 of 6 folders]
Vehicle Requirements
- An appropriate Earth Launch Vehicle (ELV)
- Space Taxis (ST) and associated auxiliary vehicles
- Long duration ecological system
- A set of mission modules referred to summarily as Life Support Section (LSS),including a radiation shelter, command module, ecology module, and others such as a workshop module, data transmission module and a more for electric power generation.
- Orbit Launch Preparation Modules (OLPM) to support fueling and checkout activities.
- An Earth Entry Module (EEM)
- Propulsion Modules, for the Heliocentric Interorbital Space Vehicle
- An Orbital Tanker Vehicle (OTV)
- A Destination Space Vehicle (DSV) if secondary (excursions) missions are planned at the destination
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Ascent
Empire Convoy Over Earth
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Interplanetary Vehicles
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Empire Convoy Over Mars
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