24.08.2015 Views

Moon & Mars Orbiting Spinning Tether Transport - Tethers Unlimited

Moon & Mars Orbiting Spinning Tether Transport - Tethers Unlimited

Moon & Mars Orbiting Spinning Tether Transport - Tethers Unlimited

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Rapid Earth-<strong>Mars</strong> <strong>Transport</strong>• Reusable Architecture for Round Trip Earth <strong>Mars</strong> <strong>Transport</strong>• Rapid Transfer Times (90-130 days)• Extended Launch Windows146 Day Transfer• Currently Evaluating Architectures– All <strong>Tether</strong>– <strong>Tether</strong>/Chemical116 Day Transfer2.0 km/s tether tip speed 2.5 km/s tether tip speedApproachYear Open CloseWindow(days) Open CloseWindow(days)2001 03/18/01 05/07/01 50 02/25/01 05/18/01 822003 04/27/03 07/22/03 86 05/04/03 08/03/03 912005 07/27/05 09/08/05 43 07/31/05 09/20/05 512007 6 Oct comes closest - 10/06/07 10/24/07 182009 10 Nov comes closest - 20 Nov comes closest -2011 12/06/11 12/21/11 15 12/18/11 01/02/12 152013 12/30/13 02/08/14 40 01/11/13 02/16/13 362016 02/02/16 04/06/16 64 02/14/16 04/18/16 642018 03/25/18 06/24/18 91 04/03/18 07/06/18 94Earth’s gravitationalsphere of influenceSol<strong>Mars</strong>’gravitationalsphere of influenceTUI/MMOSTT 5

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!