Opening the High Frontier http://www.high-frontier.org A blog & Web Site by Eagle Sarmont Sat, 16 May 2020 20:28:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.1 http://www.high-frontier.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-es1-32x32.png Opening the High Frontier http://www.high-frontier.org 32 32 117385624 Envisioning the Future http://www.high-frontier.org/envisioning-the-future/ http://www.high-frontier.org/envisioning-the-future/#respond Sat, 16 May 2020 20:28:42 +0000 http://www.high-frontier.org/?p=1426 For those of you who are new here, this website is about envisioning the future and making spaceflight affordable to everyone so we can start building a spacefaring civilization. A civilization that will grow to include planets, asteroids, moons, space-based industries, and space colonies throughout the solar system. Also, be aware that the ideas that are … Continue reading "Envisioning the Future"

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]]> http://www.high-frontier.org/envisioning-the-future/feed/ 0 1426 Return to the Moon Space Tug http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-space-tug/ http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-space-tug/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:59:38 +0000 http://www.high-frontier.org/?p=1344 Return to the Moon Space Tug The idea of an unmanned, solar electric powered, reusable space tug for hauling payloads around the solar system like an ocean-going tug that moves barges and oil drilling platforms around the world, has been around for a long time. What has given this idea staying power over the years … Continue reading "Return to the Moon Space Tug"

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]]> http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-space-tug/feed/ 2 1344 Return to the Moon Lunar Landers http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-lunar-landers/ http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-lunar-landers/#respond Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:31:49 +0000 http://www.high-frontier.org/?p=1293 Return to the Moon Lunar Landers (low lunar orbit) The initial Return to the Moon lunar landers that will operate from the low lunar orbit space station will consist of 3 different vehicles, a 2-person crewed vehicle that will look like the ascent stage of the lunar lander used in the Apollo program but with … Continue reading "Return to the Moon Lunar Landers"

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]]> http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-lunar-landers/feed/ 0 1293 Return to the Moon Lunar Station http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-lunar-station/ http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-lunar-station/#respond Sun, 12 Apr 2020 22:54:33 +0000 http://www.high-frontier.org/?p=1262 Return to the Moon Lunar Station After the launch vehicle and upper stage for the Return to the Moon program are selected, the next step in building an affordable Earth-Moon space transportation system will be to build a Return to the Moon Lunar Station in low lunar orbit.  Like the currently planned Gateway Space Station, this … Continue reading "Return to the Moon Lunar Station"

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]]> http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-lunar-station/feed/ 0 1262 Return to the Moon Launch Vehicle http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-launch-vehicle/ http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-launch-vehicle/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2020 04:07:37 +0000 http://www.high-frontier.org/?p=1212 Return to the Moon Launch Vehicle As stated in the previous post, this new series of articles is about how to Return to the Moon by 2024 using existing launch vehicles that are lower in cost than the currently planned Space Launch System. Of all the flight vehicles that will be required for the Return … Continue reading "Return to the Moon Launch Vehicle"

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]]> http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-launch-vehicle/feed/ 0 1212 Return to the Moon to Stay http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-to-stay/ http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-to-stay/#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:59:01 +0000 http://www.high-frontier.org/?p=1194 Return to the Moon to Stay It looks like it might finally be happening. It could also be the first step towards humans finally going to Mars, the asteroids, and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. If all this comes to pass, we will have the privilege of witnessing the start of a new civilization … Continue reading "Return to the Moon to Stay"

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]]> http://www.high-frontier.org/return-to-the-moon-to-stay/feed/ 0 1194 Guiding Vision http://www.high-frontier.org/guiding-vision/ http://www.high-frontier.org/guiding-vision/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:37:07 +0000 http://www.high-frontier.org/?p=1135 All projects have a guiding vision. No project can exist without one. The guiding vision that led to the formation of NASA was created by Wernher Von Braun in the 1950s. It consisted of using large multi-stage rockets for launching satellites, cargo rockets, and manned space shuttles into Earth orbit. The purpose for this launch … Continue reading "Guiding Vision"

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]]> http://www.high-frontier.org/guiding-vision/feed/ 0 1135 A Vision of the Future http://www.high-frontier.org/a-vision-of-the-future/ http://www.high-frontier.org/a-vision-of-the-future/#respond Thu, 14 Feb 2019 00:10:36 +0000 http://www.high-frontier.org/?p=1122 A new video! This video is about our history of achievements and what that means for our future. It is also about a vision for making spaceflight affordable to everyone so we can start building a spacefaring civilization. If this is something that appeals to you, help make it happen by sharing this video with … Continue reading "A Vision of the Future"

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]]> http://www.high-frontier.org/a-vision-of-the-future/feed/ 0 1122 Opening the High Frontier (the video) http://www.high-frontier.org/opening-the-high-frontier-the-video/ http://www.high-frontier.org/opening-the-high-frontier-the-video/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2018 06:55:39 +0000 http://www.high-frontier.org/?p=1101 A couple of months ago I started working on a new presentation for the Combination Launch System concept that was to be given at a conference I was thinking of going to.  As I worked on it, the presentation kept growing and evolving until I had the idea of making it into a video.  As … Continue reading "Opening the High Frontier (the video)"

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]]> http://www.high-frontier.org/opening-the-high-frontier-the-video/feed/ 6 1101 Space Exploration and the Future http://www.high-frontier.org/space-exploration-and-the-future/ http://www.high-frontier.org/space-exploration-and-the-future/#respond Sat, 13 Oct 2018 21:21:00 +0000 http://www.high-frontier.org/?p=1017 Affordable transportation systems are what make civilizations possible.  It has been that way throughout human history.  The same is true of space.  Without an affordable way of getting into space, a program of sustained human space exploration that has the potential of growing into a spacefaring civilization will remain an unobtainable dream. You can see … Continue reading "Space Exploration and the Future"

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