[FPSPACE] Lunar Clipper

["Benigno Muñiz Jr."]

At 08:16 PM 10-09-07, David Woods wrote:
>The Air & Space magazine article is a good
>overview of the details and possibility of a circum-lunar flight using a
>modified Soyuz spacecraft, following its mission to the International
>Space Station and before its scheduled return to Earth.  As pointed out
>in the article, the Soyuz would have to be upgraded with a heavier
>heatshield and other equipment to support the mission out and back, but
>it would not represent a major top-to-bottom redesign.

For some more info on one of the systems discussed, see:
<http://www.constellationservices.com/lunarexpresssmsystem.html>

>Anatoly also included an excellent illustration that he prepared 
>showing that Soyuz
>as it would appear during the flight above the Moon.

An animation can be viewed at:
<http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3577979250967790474>

Ben Muniz