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Moon & Mars Orbiting Spinning Tether Transport - Tethers Unlimited

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Earth<strong>Mars</strong> Architectures• Currently Evaluating System Architectures– Transfer opportunity frequency– System flexibility– System complexity– Modularity & Compatibility with LEOGEO & CislunarArchitectures• Combined <strong>Tether</strong>/Chemical System Probably MostFlexible– Use LEOGEO <strong>Tether</strong> Boost Facility to raise <strong>Mars</strong> payloadinto high elliptical, equatorial orbit– Use Chemical/NTR/Other high-thrust propulsion to do Trans-<strong>Mars</strong>-InjectionTUI/MMOSTT 9

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