The 1975 “Manned orbital systems concept study” looked at extended duration Spacelab derived mini space stations, capable of being expanded into greater capability. The artwork reproduced below is quite nice, but is sadly of rather miserable resolution. originally posted online by NASA, it was saved by the Internet Archive; it’s not clear if the Archive…
In order to get anywhere in the solar system, we’re going to need to study, test and perfect orbital refueling operations. And in order to do that, we’ll need orbital fuel depots. This is not a recent revelation; as far back as the 1960’s NASA and the contractors proposed orbital fuel depots to support the…
