From Kennedy to Obama The Dream of Manned Space Exploration

From Kennedy to Obama The dream of manned space exploration Kennedy's mission to the Moon Obama's mission to Mars “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth" "I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth. And a landing on Mars will follow. And I expect to be around to see it." How long it took o How long it will take n New First 1st Moon 1st lunar manned manned lunar orbit landing First Obama's Kennedy's Speech Last moon mission 1st Mars Propulsion Systems Last manned Crewed deep 1st manned landing orbit moon landing landing speech space missions Mars landing May 1961 May 1966 Aug 1966 Dec 1968 July 1969 Dec 1972 Nov 2008 Aug 1975 Mar 2010 2018 2025 2035 (Est.) How they got there How it will be done Apollo 11 Apollo Lunar Module (LM) Could carry two crew from lunar orbit to the surface and back. It was ferried to New Spacecraft Designed for long journeys to allow crewed missions beyond the Moon into deep space New Propulsion Systems A possible system is VASIMR. A plasma based propulsion system where on an electric power source is used to ionize fuel into plasma. Electric fields then heat and accelerate the plasma while the magnetic fields direct the plasma in the proper direction as it is ejected from the engine, creating thrust for the spacecraft. Saturn V Orion spacecraft Command/Service Module (CSM) Consisted of two segments: the Command Module, a (reentry capsule) which housed the crew and the equipment needed for reentry and splashdown, and a Service Module that provided propulsion, electrical power and storage for various consumables required during a mission. The service module would be cast off and allowed to burn up in the atmosphere before A multistage liquid-fuel expendable rocket was used from 1967 - 1973, thirteen rockets were launched in Projected to carry a crew of four - six astronauts. Was part of the cancelled Constellation program, now its technology is to be used as the base for a rescue vehicle for the mission. lunar orbit by its companion CSM. After completing its mission, the LM was discarded. Designed for operation only in outer space, it was structurally and aerodynamically incapable of flight through the Earth's atmosphere. return them total. It remains the largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever to earth. brought to operational status from a height, weight and payload standpoint. the command module re-entered with the crew. o US missions to date os Missions to Mars Missions to the Moon – American Lunar Orbit Satellites - LUNAR ORBITER - American unmanned soft landings - SURVEYOR (Not to scale) Flyby Orbiter = Apollo program (Manned moon landings) Lander MIP (Lunar Impact) - Rover Mission result – Success ----- Failure US Sources: NASA I Wikipedia Infrastructure US Created by Robin Richards I twitter: @ripetungi INFRASTRUCTURE www.americainfra.com Hat tip to 5W Infographics for the mission visualisation From Kennedy to Obama The dream of manned space exploration Kennedy's mission to the Moon Obama's mission to Mars “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth" "I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth. And a landing on Mars will follow. And I expect to be around to see it." How long it took o How long it will take n New First 1st Moon 1st lunar manned manned lunar orbit landing First Obama's Kennedy's Speech Last moon mission 1st Mars Propulsion Systems Last manned Crewed deep 1st manned landing orbit moon landing landing speech space missions Mars landing May 1961 May 1966 Aug 1966 Dec 1968 July 1969 Dec 1972 Nov 2008 Aug 1975 Mar 2010 2018 2025 2035 (Est.) How they got there How it will be done Apollo 11 Apollo Lunar Module (LM) Could carry two crew from lunar orbit to the surface and back. It was ferried to New Spacecraft Designed for long journeys to allow crewed missions beyond the Moon into deep space New Propulsion Systems A possible system is VASIMR. A plasma based propulsion system where on an electric power source is used to ionize fuel into plasma. Electric fields then heat and accelerate the plasma while the magnetic fields direct the plasma in the proper direction as it is ejected from the engine, creating thrust for the spacecraft. Saturn V Orion spacecraft Command/Service Module (CSM) Consisted of two segments: the Command Module, a (reentry capsule) which housed the crew and the equipment needed for reentry and splashdown, and a Service Module that provided propulsion, electrical power and storage for various consumables required during a mission. The service module would be cast off and allowed to burn up in the atmosphere before A multistage liquid-fuel expendable rocket was used from 1967 - 1973, thirteen rockets were launched in Projected to carry a crew of four - six astronauts. Was part of the cancelled Constellation program, now its technology is to be used as the base for a rescue vehicle for the mission. lunar orbit by its companion CSM. After completing its mission, the LM was discarded. Designed for operation only in outer space, it was structurally and aerodynamically incapable of flight through the Earth's atmosphere. return them total. It remains the largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever to earth. brought to operational status from a height, weight and payload standpoint. the command module re-entered with the crew. o US missions to date os Missions to Mars Missions to the Moon – American Lunar Orbit Satellites - LUNAR ORBITER - American unmanned soft landings - SURVEYOR (Not to scale) Flyby Orbiter = Apollo program (Manned moon landings) Lander MIP (Lunar Impact) - Rover Mission result – Success ----- Failure US Sources: NASA I Wikipedia Infrastructure US Created by Robin Richards I twitter: @ripetungi INFRASTRUCTURE www.americainfra.com Hat tip to 5W Infographics for the mission visualisation From Kennedy to Obama The dream of manned space exploration Kennedy's mission to the Moon Obama's mission to Mars “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth" "I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth. And a landing on Mars will follow. And I expect to be around to see it." How long it took o How long it will take n New First 1st Moon 1st lunar manned manned lunar orbit landing First Obama's Kennedy's Speech Last moon mission 1st Mars Propulsion Systems Last manned Crewed deep 1st manned landing orbit moon landing landing speech space missions Mars landing May 1961 May 1966 Aug 1966 Dec 1968 July 1969 Dec 1972 Nov 2008 Aug 1975 Mar 2010 2018 2025 2035 (Est.) How they got there How it will be done Apollo 11 Apollo Lunar Module (LM) Could carry two crew from lunar orbit to the surface and back. It was ferried to New Spacecraft Designed for long journeys to allow crewed missions beyond the Moon into deep space New Propulsion Systems A possible system is VASIMR. A plasma based propulsion system where on an electric power source is used to ionize fuel into plasma. Electric fields then heat and accelerate the plasma while the magnetic fields direct the plasma in the proper direction as it is ejected from the engine, creating thrust for the spacecraft. Saturn V Orion spacecraft Command/Service Module (CSM) Consisted of two segments: the Command Module, a (reentry capsule) which housed the crew and the equipment needed for reentry and splashdown, and a Service Module that provided propulsion, electrical power and storage for various consumables required during a mission. The service module would be cast off and allowed to burn up in the atmosphere before A multistage liquid-fuel expendable rocket was used from 1967 - 1973, thirteen rockets were launched in Projected to carry a crew of four - six astronauts. Was part of the cancelled Constellation program, now its technology is to be used as the base for a rescue vehicle for the mission. lunar orbit by its companion CSM. After completing its mission, the LM was discarded. Designed for operation only in outer space, it was structurally and aerodynamically incapable of flight through the Earth's atmosphere. return them total. It remains the largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever to earth. brought to operational status from a height, weight and payload standpoint. the command module re-entered with the crew. o US missions to date os Missions to Mars Missions to the Moon – American Lunar Orbit Satellites - LUNAR ORBITER - American unmanned soft landings - SURVEYOR (Not to scale) Flyby Orbiter = Apollo program (Manned moon landings) Lander MIP (Lunar Impact) - Rover Mission result – Success ----- Failure US Sources: NASA I Wikipedia Infrastructure US Created by Robin Richards I twitter: @ripetungi INFRASTRUCTURE www.americainfra.com Hat tip to 5W Infographics for the mission visualisation From Kennedy to Obama The dream of manned space exploration Kennedy's mission to the Moon Obama's mission to Mars “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth" "I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth. And a landing on Mars will follow. And I expect to be around to see it." How long it took o How long it will take n New First 1st Moon 1st lunar manned manned lunar orbit landing First Obama's Kennedy's Speech Last moon mission 1st Mars Propulsion Systems Last manned Crewed deep 1st manned landing orbit moon landing landing speech space missions Mars landing May 1961 May 1966 Aug 1966 Dec 1968 July 1969 Dec 1972 Nov 2008 Aug 1975 Mar 2010 2018 2025 2035 (Est.) How they got there How it will be done Apollo 11 Apollo Lunar Module (LM) Could carry two crew from lunar orbit to the surface and back. It was ferried to New Spacecraft Designed for long journeys to allow crewed missions beyond the Moon into deep space New Propulsion Systems A possible system is VASIMR. A plasma based propulsion system where on an electric power source is used to ionize fuel into plasma. Electric fields then heat and accelerate the plasma while the magnetic fields direct the plasma in the proper direction as it is ejected from the engine, creating thrust for the spacecraft. Saturn V Orion spacecraft Command/Service Module (CSM) Consisted of two segments: the Command Module, a (reentry capsule) which housed the crew and the equipment needed for reentry and splashdown, and a Service Module that provided propulsion, electrical power and storage for various consumables required during a mission. The service module would be cast off and allowed to burn up in the atmosphere before A multistage liquid-fuel expendable rocket was used from 1967 - 1973, thirteen rockets were launched in Projected to carry a crew of four - six astronauts. Was part of the cancelled Constellation program, now its technology is to be used as the base for a rescue vehicle for the mission. lunar orbit by its companion CSM. After completing its mission, the LM was discarded. Designed for operation only in outer space, it was structurally and aerodynamically incapable of flight through the Earth's atmosphere. return them total. It remains the largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever to earth. brought to operational status from a height, weight and payload standpoint. the command module re-entered with the crew. o US missions to date os Missions to Mars Missions to the Moon – American Lunar Orbit Satellites - LUNAR ORBITER - American unmanned soft landings - SURVEYOR (Not to scale) Flyby Orbiter = Apollo program (Manned moon landings) Lander MIP (Lunar Impact) - Rover Mission result – Success ----- Failure US Sources: NASA I Wikipedia Infrastructure US Created by Robin Richards I twitter: @ripetungi INFRASTRUCTURE www.americainfra.com Hat tip to 5W Infographics for the mission visualisation From Kennedy to Obama The dream of manned space exploration Kennedy's mission to the Moon Obama's mission to Mars “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth" "I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth. And a landing on Mars will follow. And I expect to be around to see it." How long it took o How long it will take n New First 1st Moon 1st lunar manned manned lunar orbit landing First Obama's Kennedy's Speech Last moon mission 1st Mars Propulsion Systems Last manned Crewed deep 1st manned landing orbit moon landing landing speech space missions Mars landing May 1961 May 1966 Aug 1966 Dec 1968 July 1969 Dec 1972 Nov 2008 Aug 1975 Mar 2010 2018 2025 2035 (Est.) How they got there How it will be done Apollo 11 Apollo Lunar Module (LM) Could carry two crew from lunar orbit to the surface and back. It was ferried to New Spacecraft Designed for long journeys to allow crewed missions beyond the Moon into deep space New Propulsion Systems A possible system is VASIMR. A plasma based propulsion system where on an electric power source is used to ionize fuel into plasma. Electric fields then heat and accelerate the plasma while the magnetic fields direct the plasma in the proper direction as it is ejected from the engine, creating thrust for the spacecraft. Saturn V Orion spacecraft Command/Service Module (CSM) Consisted of two segments: the Command Module, a (reentry capsule) which housed the crew and the equipment needed for reentry and splashdown, and a Service Module that provided propulsion, electrical power and storage for various consumables required during a mission. The service module would be cast off and allowed to burn up in the atmosphere before A multistage liquid-fuel expendable rocket was used from 1967 - 1973, thirteen rockets were launched in Projected to carry a crew of four - six astronauts. Was part of the cancelled Constellation program, now its technology is to be used as the base for a rescue vehicle for the mission. lunar orbit by its companion CSM. After completing its mission, the LM was discarded. Designed for operation only in outer space, it was structurally and aerodynamically incapable of flight through the Earth's atmosphere. return them total. It remains the largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever to earth. brought to operational status from a height, weight and payload standpoint. the command module re-entered with the crew. o US missions to date os Missions to Mars Missions to the Moon – American Lunar Orbit Satellites - LUNAR ORBITER - American unmanned soft landings - SURVEYOR (Not to scale) Flyby Orbiter = Apollo program (Manned moon landings) Lander MIP (Lunar Impact) - Rover Mission result – Success ----- Failure US Sources: NASA I Wikipedia Infrastructure US Created by Robin Richards I twitter: @ripetungi INFRASTRUCTURE www.americainfra.com Hat tip to 5W Infographics for the mission visualisation From Kennedy to Obama The dream of manned space exploration Kennedy's mission to the Moon Obama's mission to Mars “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth" "I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth. And a landing on Mars will follow. And I expect to be around to see it." How long it took o How long it will take n New First 1st Moon 1st lunar manned manned lunar orbit landing First Obama's Kennedy's Speech Last moon mission 1st Mars Propulsion Systems Last manned Crewed deep 1st manned landing orbit moon landing landing speech space missions Mars landing May 1961 May 1966 Aug 1966 Dec 1968 July 1969 Dec 1972 Nov 2008 Aug 1975 Mar 2010 2018 2025 2035 (Est.) How they got there How it will be done Apollo 11 Apollo Lunar Module (LM) Could carry two crew from lunar orbit to the surface and back. It was ferried to New Spacecraft Designed for long journeys to allow crewed missions beyond the Moon into deep space New Propulsion Systems A possible system is VASIMR. A plasma based propulsion system where on an electric power source is used to ionize fuel into plasma. Electric fields then heat and accelerate the plasma while the magnetic fields direct the plasma in the proper direction as it is ejected from the engine, creating thrust for the spacecraft. Saturn V Orion spacecraft Command/Service Module (CSM) Consisted of two segments: the Command Module, a (reentry capsule) which housed the crew and the equipment needed for reentry and splashdown, and a Service Module that provided propulsion, electrical power and storage for various consumables required during a mission. The service module would be cast off and allowed to burn up in the atmosphere before A multistage liquid-fuel expendable rocket was used from 1967 - 1973, thirteen rockets were launched in Projected to carry a crew of four - six astronauts. Was part of the cancelled Constellation program, now its technology is to be used as the base for a rescue vehicle for the mission. lunar orbit by its companion CSM. After completing its mission, the LM was discarded. Designed for operation only in outer space, it was structurally and aerodynamically incapable of flight through the Earth's atmosphere. return them total. It remains the largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever to earth. brought to operational status from a height, weight and payload standpoint. the command module re-entered with the crew. o US missions to date os Missions to Mars Missions to the Moon – American Lunar Orbit Satellites - LUNAR ORBITER - American unmanned soft landings - SURVEYOR (Not to scale) Flyby Orbiter = Apollo program (Manned moon landings) Lander MIP (Lunar Impact) - Rover Mission result – Success ----- Failure US Sources: NASA I Wikipedia Infrastructure US Created by Robin Richards I twitter: @ripetungi INFRASTRUCTURE www.americainfra.com Hat tip to 5W Infographics for the mission visualisation