Falcon Heavy can put a lot of mass into orbit, but its upper stage doesn't have the performance to put something as heavy as Orion into the proper transfer orbit. For getting Orion to Lunar orbit, by design there's no other existing vehicle to do the job. Any option other than SLS falls into the...
in princip is feasible
Orion is launch with Falcon Heavy into Low earth orbit
Delta Heavy upper stage is launch with Delta v heavy
The Delta upper stage is equip with docking system and gyroscope to stabilize it in orbit.
The Orion do the active part of remote Docking while the Delta the...
Orion EFT-1 Highlights
Published on Mar 17, 2015
The Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft made history as it took its first step on a journey to Mars with its successful test flight, Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1). Orion is designed to transport humans to destinations beyond low Earth...
I currently have it downloading. But there's no file extension. What should the extension be for this?
I also recommend: Code Name Project Orion
http://www.amazon.com/History-Undercover-Project-Orion-Channel/dp/B000F6ZDA6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1199925514&sr=8-4
Doesn't really have...
I have just come back from the NASA website and Orion is due to go around the Moon on Monday at 7:15am EST. So it looks like I was wrong in saying that Orion might get to the Moon early.
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html
...this posted before, but should be of interest to some members.
Memoir of Dr. Tony Zuppero, who worked on several nuclear rocket programs and was an Orion enthusiast.
http://www.neofuel.com/inhabit/inhabit.pdf
Would material on the Soviet equivalent of Orion be appropriate for this topic as...
Scans from Lockheed Martin "Plymouth Rock" proposal.
Sources:
http://planetarydefense.blogspot.com/2010/01/lockheed-martin-human-asteroid-mission.html
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/ssc/Orion/Toolkit/PlymouthRockasteroidmissionNov2009.pdf
Which they then proceeded to make unique by using the electronics from the S-3 Viking instead of a the normal Orion electronics, probably another silly decision.
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