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| The Moon is only 240k miles distant. A simple high technology manned mission to land, look around, and return immediately to the Earth is less costly, and should be ready to go for one SPACE1 astronaut to land on the Moon in 2019. Image by Humanoido |
No Time to Befriend Moon Creatures
Breaking News!
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
by Humanoido
SPACE1 and Lunar Landing Mission Designer Humanoido are cutting Moon landing mission costs and mission complexity with some innovative ideas to go to the moon as soon as possible.
No more waiting another ten
years to go there.
This will make a more simple Moon landing. The ideas are to cut complexity making the entire mission more affordable. Just one Astronaut will fast track to the Moon, immediately trek down to the rugged lunar surface without losing a single moment of time, look around for a while at smooth regolith or inside a crater floor, and return home.
A special spacecraft will be constructed with the highest technology components that we have available. These parts, modules, and components are already on hand at SPACE1 Industries and will not need ordering or have any order delays. There is a construction process required to build devices and retrofit our spacecraft for the mission. The soonest the Lunar Landing Mission can take off is in 2019 when there's a perfect window of opportunity.
The process will have one astronaut in one craft going directly to the Moon from the Earth, landing, looking around, and expeditiously returning to the Earth - not staying overnight. This avoids the complexities of many things using this process. For the spacecraft, we are using a tested and sophisticated mobile app that can navigate and provide a window into space. It calculates the lunar orbit, Moon positions, star navigation and flight details. Another large part of the mission will be a built-for-space camcorder to record the mission for posterity and having a record of the historic details for SPACE1. The device will have an automatic light level circuit to compensate for the changing lunar illumination based on changes in lighting due to the sun's orbital position and Earth Shine - the light that reflects from the Earth.
* No need to worry about extended radiation
* No long term power source needed
* Can operate on standard sourced nuclear energy
* No extended oven-like temperatures and super freezing conditions
* Advanced walking Moon spacesuit not needed
* Supplies such as food, oxygen, water can be reduced
* The mission will be ready much sooner
* Ideal flight path dynamics happen in 2019
* Fewer parts & components reduce complexity
* Reduced complexity is more reliable
* More simple mission is easier to implement
* Fewer parts & components cost less
* More simple to send one Astronaut
