LUNAR MISSION TO CELEBRATE THE 50 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE APOLLO 11 LANDING 01October2015

Apollo 11 PROJECT RATIONALE 21 JULY 1969, Armstrong & Aldrin became the first people to walk on another heavenly body. By celebrating 50 th anniversary of event, we will remind the world when America was great Although it would seem time is short, it was less than 7 years from JFK’s “We chose to go to moon” speech until the first steps on the moon. In those 7 years NASA developed 5 manned-rated vehicles. In the last 6.5 years, NASA hasn’t the funding to pursue a Apollo11plus 50 project, even if we were organized. The world is still captivated by Space as evidenced by soon-to-be released movies, (i.e., Star Trek Beyond, Star Wars; episode VII). Most importantly, a major publication of the Apollo year project (in the next year) will remind Presidential Candidates that their best chance of an enduring legacy is with a manned space program that goes places.

Lunar Mission Considerations Proposal Ground Rules: o Must have a fixed target date corresponding to the Apollo 11 landing date (July 20, 2019) o Must fit within NASA's current budget o Must be affordable and sustainable considering the expected economy and other ongoing activities o MUST captivate the world's attention. o Must be so technically challenging that it would seem impossible 5 years ago o Must not be seen as a 1 and done o Mission planning should start immediately to assure adequate time and resources are available to accomplish this mission o The mission should use evolving space vehicle capabilities o It should demonstrate technologies that add value to ongoing commercial and exploration space activities o It should be a National commitment

Primary Mission Concept & Objective We send 3 major rovers to the moon The rovers should be named: Neal, Buzz, and Michael. The rovers may NOT be identical, but be designed to carry out specific missions: The rovers landing targets/missions should be: o Rover #1 (Neal): The smallest rover; Launch Date: 20 July 2019 o Land near Apollo 11's decent stage o Main Objective #1: Have large camera to take photos of moon & repeat Apollo 8 Blue Marble photo o Main Objective #2: Be able to shoot laser at earth o Main Objective #3: Be able to travel very fast over the moons surface to see as much of the surface as possible and possibly transport goods from other 2 Rovers; Secondary Objective #1: Be able to meet up with and transport future visitors. Secondary Objective #2: Be able to transport GH2 or LH2 from Buzz to Michael o Rover #2 (Buzz): Much larger than Neal; Launch Date: 2020 o Land near the south pole o Objective #1: Look/mine for water; o Objective #2: Make rocket fuel from water for future visitors o Objective #3: It’s a tanker/truck that can transport liquid water or water/rock to Michael o Rover #3 (Michael): Needs SLS to launch; Launch Date: 2021 o Land TBD; o Objective #1: Be able to mine deeply into moon to determine lunar mineral composition that is NOT on the surface. o Objective #2: Extract oxygen from lunar soil that is stored so it can be utilized by future visitors. o Objective #3: Use 3-D printing to create bulldozer that is use to create lunar base.

Alternative Mission & Objectives Mission: Land a single Rover/base at TBD Objective 1 : Gather Helium 3, convert water (from earth) to rocket fuel, & launch sample back to LEO; Objective 2 : Use solar powered bulldozer to build shelter/base for future visitors. Objective 3 : Convert regolith into oxygen; store onsite for future visitors. Objective 4 : Use 3-D printing to convert regolith into reflecting solar power station to provide electrical power for future visitors. Objective 5 : Provide large camera on high point to photograph lunar operations and real time video of earth (such as a continuous remake of the Apollo 8 iconic blue marble picture)

Weight Limits A Delta IV Heavy is capable of placing 28,790 kg into LEO This should translate into 11,500 kg (25,227 lb) into TLI o The Saturn V placed 118,000 kg (259,600 lb) into TLI o 33,000 lb Lunar Module placed 10,300 lb on the lunar surface o The Lunar Decent Stage had an Isp of 311 seconds o Using LH2/LOX decent stages with RL-10 engine with Isp of 451 seconds, we should be able to get 11,418 lb on the lunar surface. o Assuming a dry mass of 4,000 lb for Apollo11+50 decent stage would result in each Rover with a maximum average mass of 2,472 lb. Price of launch vehicles, o Delta IV heavy$375M o SpaceX Falcon9$61.2M o SpaceX Falcon9 Heavy$91M o SLS (SWAG)$1,500M

Funding Comparison : Mars Exploration Rover Missions with Curiosity and Opportunity Rovers o Total cost of building, launching, landing and operating the rovers on the surface for the initial 90-Martian day (sol) primary mission = $820M in 2003 = $1,063 in 2015 money o Rover weight = 408 lb of 2,343 lb that arrived at Mars Apollo project NealBuzzMichael o Launch Services: $61M$91M$1,500 o Build, Develop, & Operate:$61M $91M$1,500 o Schedule: FY Hire core staff, Issue RFP, promote project FY2017 – Issue contracts; reserve launch vehicles FY Test lunar vehicles FY2019 – Launch, land, 90 day operations FY Buzz FY Michael

Questions & Comments Please contact the Apollo 11 plus 50 Year project leader at: Edward "Mack" Henderson, Project Lead Retired from NASA-JSC Douglas G. Thorpe, Technical Adviser Co-Founder of theUSAparty.com Please visit our sister organization: Space Propulsion Synergy Team Spacepropulsion.org Spacepropulsion.org