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Perhaps the most viable option for such a voyage will demand the on-orbit gradual construction of a massive structure for the trip, for starters.
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We've done the capsule trip to the Moon ... if we go back, let's use a spacecraft, with the help of the proven STS design, and on-orbit modular construction.
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That would restore our on-orbit repair capability and would cost a tiny fraction what the Shuttle does.
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There still is NO * demonstrated* on-orbit tile repair capability for the Shuttle orbiters.
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Frank's note: You omit the fact that when O'Keefe made his decision to cancel the servicing mission, there was no demonstrated on-orbit tile repair capability for the Shuttle orbiters and there was no return-to-flight experience post-Columbia.
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Orion has no capability for on-orbit experimentation or EVA-servicing operations, and with station gone there will be literally nowhere to go - oh wait, of course, they can go to the space hotels ...
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Someone else (I believe sc220?) was suggesting some sort of on-orbit/telerobotic mission and I think it should definitely be explored for Mars.
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You could have a handful of people on the surface supported by many on-orbit.
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"Frank's note: You omit the fact that when O'Keefe made his decision to cancel the servicing mission, there was no demonstrated on-orbit tile repair capability for the Shuttle orbiters and there was no return-to-flight experience post-Columbia."
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If the knob got stuck somehow during on-orbit operations because the orbiter expanded due to the pressure differential, why not just pressurize the orbiter on the ground to the same delta P as on orbit?
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