1. Earth Station: A Lunar Cruise Global ISS Marketing
Future of Human Spaceflight
A Lunar Cruise
Michael Barrucco
ASTE 527 Space Exploration Architectures Concept Synthesis Studio
Team Project, Fall 2010, Astronautical Engineering Department,
Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California

2. Problem: Limit of Last Frontier to Government Agencies
Government astronauts only ones
to explore the last frontier
regularly
We can give the world public
opportunity to tour the Earth like never
before via ISS
Proposed Solution
The Ultimate Vacation
Give private multi-national
tourists the opportunity to visit
the moon
Extreme opportunity
High inclination of ISS effects maneuver windows, not DV

3. Mission Architecture LOI Return
Launch aboard a Soyuz/Kliper from Wallops, Baikonur, or Jiuquan
Utilization of IRNCLAD
Cis-Lunar vehicle pre-assembled at ISS
Coast and Dock with ISS, high inclination no DV impact
ISS Activities
Consumables module
Undock/TLI
Coast
LOI
Return

4. Concept of Operations To the Sun
1. Launch from Wallops (US), Baikonur launch (Russia), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (China)
LOI~700 m/s
To the Sun
2. Dock with ISS during sunrise
6. Coast for ~ 7 days
View Starfields,
and Heritage Sites
3. Coast for 2-3 days until next TLI opportunity
5. Trajectory correction
~80 m/s
4. TLI-3107 m/s

5. Cis-Lunar Cruise TEI Day 11 Moon re-aligned with ISS Orbital Planez
TEI Day 11
Moon re-aligned with ISS
Orbital Plane
LOI Day 4
Moon aligned with ISS
orbit plane
Moon at EOI
7 day cruise in orbit
ISS Nodal Regression 5o
per day
TLI from ISS
2nd Cycle 2
Cis-Lunar Cruise

6. Training for the Vacation of a Lifetime!
Train under guidance of
International Commercial
Astronaut Office
G-Load training
Safety Training
Neutral Buoyancy
Instrument training
Launch simulations

7. The Launch, Coast, and Docking with ISS
Lunar geometry matches ISS once
every 10 days
Each mission will be
accompanied by a trained
astronaut
Launch From one of three
sites
Dock with ISS at night
opportunity
Coast, allow patrons to view
night earth
See sunrise over earth horizon

8. Aboard ISS, Earth as You have Never Seen Before!
Tour given by astronauts aboard
Tour of Earth from Cupola
Zero-G exercising
Communications
Dining in Zero-G

9. Coasting to the Moon, the Solar System as you’ve never seen
Trans-Lunar Injection, the ride of your life!
Viewing Star fields
Large scale view of the
moon
Injection into Polar Lunar
Orbit
4-5 day transfer
depending on launch epoch

10. Our closest neighbor, an in depth tour
Lunar Orbit Insertion,
90 degrees 1000 km allows viewing
of all sites on the moon!
Observation of Heritage Sites
Apollo 11
Lunakhod
Surveyor
View Craters, lunar farside
View star fields from farside
7 days in orbit!

11. The Return Trip Earth rise View of the sun View of Mercury/Venus
An earth without
boundaries
Re-dock with ISS and board
return vehicle
Reentry, the ride of your life!

12. Merits and Concerns Open up Space to citizens Safety! Radiation
Incident training
Etc.
Large enough vehicle
Comfort
Return on Investment
Maneuver windows
Start-up capital
Policy issues with ISS, ITAR
Development timeline
Business Case, cost

13. Future Studies Develop full window analysis Launch TLI TEI
Design/Development Timelines
ISS Policy studies
Reentry capabilities,
Landing at airports?
Analysis of docking capabilities for Kliper
Injection into elliptical lunar orbit, low perigee?

14. Conclusions Physics are feasible! Timeframe doable
Orbit design maximizes
experience, while
minimizing parameters
Opportunity to change the
way space is explored
Gives commercial customers the
Opportunity to visit the heavens
Element of Orbit
Lunar Altitude
1000 KM
Inclination
90 Degrees
Time of Flight
5 Days
DeltaV TLI
3107 m/sec
DeltaV LOI
700 m/s

15. Resources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station
Farquhar, R.W., and Dunham, D.W., "A New Trajectory Concept for Exploring the Earth's Geomagnetic Tail," Journal of Guidance and Control, Vol. 4, No. 2, March-April 1981, pp

16. Questions?