Moon & Mars Orbiting Spinning Tether Transport - Tethers Unlimited

Appendix L: Tether Boost Facility Design Final Reporttethers to increase the payload mass the station could toss and additional solararrays and power storage with “plug-n-play” connections to link them into the existingEPS system (to increase power generation capability).In summary, as a minimum, the following are the required on-board subsystemsfor a Module Assembly to initiate Control Station evolution:• Autonomous Docking Assembly• GN&C• ADCS• EPS (storage and distribution)• C&DH• Arc suppression3.7.2 Recommended Follow-on studiesEvolvability Trade studies to answer the following questions are recommendedfor future study:• Adding more tethers to the operating Facility vs. launching the firstoperational system with a tether already sized to accommodate ten timesthe 2500 kg baseline payload.• At what point of mass growth will the Control Station require more powergenerating capability? How much power can we give the Station with asingle Module launch?• At what point of mass growth will the Control Station require more attitudecontrol capability? How much more? Can this capability be increased witha single Module launch?L-74