Analysis is made of launch vehicle size and staging requirements to conduct manned lunar landing and return mission; velocities required of rocket stages for each phase of mission are determined and total mission velocity established; mission profiles considered are direct launch, Earth orbit rendezvous, lunar orbit rendezvous, and lunar surface rendezvous; comparisons made of resulting vehicle sizes, numbers of vehicles required, use of propellants, and mission complexity.
Launch vehicle performance
Progress Astronautics Aeronautics
1963
16 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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