Galaxy Wire » Nuclear Thermal Transfer Vehicle http://galaxywire.net The Space News Aggregator Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:22:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 SPACE ART: Nuclear Thermal Transfer Vehicle http://galaxywire.net/2009/06/12/space-art-nuclear-thermal-transfer-vehicle/ http://galaxywire.net/2009/06/12/space-art-nuclear-thermal-transfer-vehicle/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:12:31 +0000 http://galaxywire.net/?p=1196 nuclear-thermal-transfer-vehicle-space-art

Routine 24-hour flights to the Moon could employ detachable crew modules atop nuclear thermal transfer vehicles.

By transferring the module from one propulsion element to the next, the passengers could complete their trip to the lunar surface without ever leaving the module.

This image was produced for NASA by Pat Rawlings and Bill Gleason.

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