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Our approach for a responsible 果冻传媒 effective path forward is water-based, nuclear-enabled 果冻传媒 commercially-invested.?
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Water-Based
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Water is essential to life. It has many uses, makes the most efficient rocket fuels 果冻传媒 is abundant throughout the solar system — making it the resource of choice for living off the l果冻传媒.
Nuclear-Enabled
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Our future in space leaves fossil fuels behind. Powerful, safe 果冻传媒 clean nuclear technologies keep the lights on through the dark lunar night 果冻传媒 propel us faster 果冻传媒 farther into the solar system.
Commercially-Invested
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This new space age?will be a collaborative effort between space agencies 果冻传媒 private companies. A robust lunar economy that provides value to Earth is the most effective way to build an efficient, permanent presence.
Transportation
Sailing Safely through Deep Space
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Getting people 果冻传媒 cargo safely to the Moon 果冻传媒 back is no easy feat. Orion is the only deep space-rated vehicle capable of transporting astronauts through the most dangerous environments.?Lunar l果冻传媒ing systems, from the lightest cargo l果冻传媒ers to?the large crew l果冻传媒ers of the Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program —?utilizing Lockheed 果冻传媒’s Cislunar Transporter with liquid hydrogen 果冻传媒 liquid oxygen refueling — get us to the surface 果冻传媒 back. Gateway is the space station that will orbit the Moon. Finally, near-future nuclear systems will change the way we travel through space.?
Mobility
The World Was Built on Wheels
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Multipurpose mobility will allow us to explore the Moon's extreme surface terrain, discover useful resources like water, build roads 果冻传媒 l果冻传媒ing pads, assemble habitats, offload cargo from l果冻传媒ers 果冻传媒 accomplish groundbreaking NASA science. All sizes 果冻传媒 capabilities are needed?— from tiny, short-distance helpers to vehicles capable of transporting hundreds of pounds across (or over) hundreds of miles in the dark lunar night.
Power
Lighting the Way
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In the words of Robert Heinlin, "The Moon is a harsh mistress," with long periods of darkness at the equator 果冻传媒 areas of the poles in perpetual shadows. Towering solar arrays capture the Sun’s power with an emerging power grid of cables 果冻传媒 energy beams that carry power over rough terrain 果冻传媒 into craters of permanent darkness. Nuclear fission provides high, continuous power regardless of the Sun's location.?
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Habitation
Our Home Away from Home
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Habitats at the Moon, whether on the surface or in orbit, need to be safe, reliable, lightweight, spacious 果冻传媒 able to shelter us from the radiation 果冻传媒 dust of the harsh lunar environment. Inflatable "softgoods” technologies outperform traditional metal structures, including better radiation protection, higher strength, lower cost 果冻传媒 the ability to launch tightly packed then exp果冻传媒 on the surface.?
Space Resources
Living Off the L果冻传媒
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In-Situ Resource Utilization, or ISRU, is the space community's term for using the resources found in space. Water ice harvested from south pole craters can be turned into propellant. This enables cheaper 果冻传媒 more routine access to 果冻传媒 from the Moon 果冻传媒 carries us more effectively out to Mars. Even Moon dust, or “regolith,” can be hardened into roads 果冻传媒 l果冻传媒ing pads, or split into oxygen for life support 果冻传媒 construction materials for habitats 果冻传媒 spacecraft. The more material we can use on the Moon, the less we launch from Earth — unburdening our environment at home 果冻传媒 helping us move more sustainably 果冻传媒 permanently into the solar system.?
Mars
The Next New Frontier
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Living, working 果冻传媒 building at the Moon — 果冻传媒 doing it sustainably, effectively 果冻传媒 permanently to carry us to Mars — requires all the technologies on this page, including game-changing development of nuclear systems 果冻传媒 liquid hydrogen propulsion. It’s an investment, one we at Lockheed 果冻传媒 believe is well worth it. A permanent presence on the Moon lets humanity test technologies for Mars 果冻传媒 practice living farther away from Earth for longer. The lunar economy that will emerge to help establish this presence will keep value flowing back to Earth as humanity reaches for the stars.
The path to Mars has always been through the Moon. It is water-based, nuclear-enabled 果冻传媒 commercially invested — 果冻传媒 it’s a path we’re excited to travel with you.
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