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Spacedock 1988
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Space Station Spacedock. This 1988 illustration depicts a large "Drive-thru" spacedock facility for assembly and checkout of manned lunar spacecraft.
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ssf88.jpg
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NASA via Marcus Lindroos
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Spacedock 1988
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Spacedock
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Space Station Spacedock. This free-flying "spacedock" would be constructed from Space Station subsystems such as solar thermodynamic power generators, radiators, truss segments etc.. The white tanks contain rocket propellant for the space tug.
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spacdoc1.jpg
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Credit:
NASA via Marcus Lindroos
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Spacedock
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Atrium Spacedock
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The "Atrium" spacedock would also have utilized the same type of modules and structures as Space Station Freedom.
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atrium11.gif
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Credit:
NASA via Marcus Lindroos
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Atrium Spacedock
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Tether and Spacedock
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Space Station Spacedock. Most NASA studies preferred to develop a separate spacecraft assembly & checkout facility in order to minimize the impact on sensitive experiments onboard Space Station Freedom. This "spacedock" would be connected to the Space Station by a long tether. The space tug (top) will receive a free boost from the centrifugal forces when it releases the tether
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tethsy1.jpg
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NASA via Marcus Lindroos
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Tether and Spacedock
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Spacedock
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Space Station Spacedock. The "Drive-thru" spacedock would have weighed more than twice as much as the basic Space Station Freedom, which had an in-orbit mass of 200 metric tons. Lunar transfer vehicles would have been assembled, serviced and refuelled in the rectangular enclosure on top.
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drvthr1.gif
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Credit:
NASA via Marcus Lindroos
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Spacedock
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Spacedock
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Space Station Spacedock. The "Platform" spacedock would have featured a large gravity gradient-stabilized extension at the bottom. The Canadian Mobile Servicing Center would have been capable of moving up and down this structure, transporting the lunar spacecraft stack along the way.
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pltfrm12.gif
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Credit:
NASA via Marcus Lindroos
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Spacedock
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