herakles architecture
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Herakles ArchitectureKinetic Energy is viewed as an in-situ resource. An Impulse Engine (formerly named a Recycler, or a CataMitt Recycler) is a large device that extracts kinetic energy from an arriving spacecraft, converts it into electricity via regenerative braking, and immediately applies that electricity to launch a partner spacecraft. This enables space hardware to shift from being primarily expendable to being primarily reusable in nature. While it has constraints, it also has a significant potential to reduce the cost of round trip space travel between select destinations, such as a Molniya orbit, geosynchronous orbit, and the Moon.
Impulse Engine
Science Department, Cerritos High School Cerritos, CA 90703
paturek@earthlink.net
By Philip A. Turek
ASAT Mission
IE Image
The big picture
Interface Plate With Interchangeable Berthing Cradles
Orbital Waltz
Progress_a farview
Progress Exchange
Low Operating Cost
Crew Rotation to a Lunar South Pole Base
Impulse Engines at Mars
Extending Impulse Engines to Mars
Phobos Impulse Engine: Access 323 km low Mars orbit inclined 43 deg. DV 3.5 km/s from LEO to LMO.
Deimos Impulse Engine: Access 297 km low Mars orbit inclined 80 deg. DV 3.7 km/s from LEO to LMO
Extending IEs to Asteroids
Electrostatic Radiation Shielding
A Manned Base
Why Are There Grooves on Phobos?
Andromeda
Outreach
IE Research Community
We’re Building Our Future in Space
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