NASA’s Exploration Systems Architecture Study

Complete 758-page book in PDF format. This 2005 report, the blueprint document for the Vision for Space Exploration Constellation program, provides system definition for (1) a Crew Exploration Vehicle, (2) launch systems to support crew and cargo for lunar and Mars exploration programs, (3) a reference lunar exploration architecture concept to support sustained human and robotic lunar exploration operations, and (4) key technologies required.

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