Moon & Mars Orbiting Spinning Tether Transport - Tethers Unlimited

MXER Tethers Included in NASA’sIISTP Process• NIAC Funded MMOSTT and HASTOL efforts have resulted inMomentum-Exchange/Electrodynamic Reboost Tethers beingconsidered in NASA’s In-Space Integrated Space TransportationPlanning Process• TUI & NASA/MSFC developed concept designs for Tether BoostFacilities for 4 classes of missions– Microsatellite– 1 mt Payloads– 5 mt Payloads– 10 mt Payloads• IISTP Process evaluated these designs in trade studies for severaldifferent scientific missions• “High-Risk/High Payoff”• MXER Tethers scored well for several classes of missions– High Performance metricTUI/MMOSTT 8