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Published: 2020-06-29 11:48:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 3780; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 22
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To make up for performance shortfalls in Ares/Orion/Altair, Boeing proposed a depot to refuel the Earth Departure Stage in LEO for increased TLI capacity. This depot would be built from 6 DCSS tanks/structures and a truss, and supplied by a reusable tanker launching on (of all things) a Falcon 9.
For the Constellation parts, to match the study date I used the 8.4m J-2X EDS launching on a 10 meter 5x RS-68 core stage, and the LDAC-1D version of Altair (though the ascent stage and airlock ended up being blocked)
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