| 词条 | Space Transportation System |
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| direction = vertical | image1 = Cargo transport from Space Shuttle with the space tug to Nuclear shuttle.jpg | alt1 = | caption1 = Space Tug with manipulator-equipped crew module moves a cargo module from a Space Shuttle Orbiter to a Nuclear Shuttle | image2 = Orbital propellant depot 1970 concept (MSFC-9902049).jpg | alt2 = | caption2 = Nuclear Shuttle and Space Shuttle Orbiter docked to an Orbital Propellant Depot }}{{United States space program sidebar}} The Space Transportation System (STS), also known internally to NASA as the Integrated Program Plan (IPP),[1] was a proposed system of reusable manned space vehicles envisioned in 1969 to support extended operations beyond the Apollo program. (NASA appropriated the name for its Space Shuttle Program, the only component of the proposal to survive Congressional funding approval). The purpose of the system was twofold: to reduce the cost of spaceflight by replacing the current method of launching capsules on expendable rockets with reusable spacecraft; and to support ambitious follow-on programs including permanent orbiting space stations around the Earth and Moon, and a human landing mission to Mars. In February 1969, President Richard Nixon appointed a Space Task Group headed by Vice President Spiro Agnew to recommend human space projects beyond Apollo. The group responded in September with the outline of the STS, and three different program levels of effort culminating with a human Mars landing by 1983 at the earliest, and by the end of the twentieth century at the latest. The system's major components consisted of:
The tug and ferry vehicles would be of a modular design, allowing them to be clustered and/or staged for large payloads or interplanetary missions. The system would be supported by permanent Earth and lunar orbital propellant depots.[2] The Saturn V might still have been used as a heavy lift launch vehicle for the nuclear ferry and space station modules. A special "Mars Excursion Module" would be the only remaining vehicle necessary for a human Mars landing. As Apollo accomplished its objective of landing the first men on the Moon, political support for further manned space activities began to wane, which was reflected in unwillingness of the Congress to provide funding for most of these extended activities. Based on this, Nixon rejected all parts of the program except the Space Shuttle, which inherited the STS name. As funded, the Shuttle was greatly scaled back from its planned degree of reusability, and deferred in time. The Shuttle first flew in 1981, and was retired in 2011. A second part of the system, Space Station Freedom, was approved in the early 1980s and announced in 1984 by president Ronald Reagan. However, this also became politically unviable by 1993, and was replaced with the International Space Station (ISS), with substantial contribution by Russia. The ISS was completed in 2010. 1969 Space Task Group{{Empty section|date=March 2013}}System vehiclesEarth-to-orbit shuttle{{Main article|Space Shuttle design process}}{{Expand section|date=June 2011}}{{Clear}}Space tug{{see also|Space tug}}{{clear}}{{Expand section|date=June 2011}}Nuclear ferry{{see also|NERVA}}Planned uses for NERVA included a visit to Mars by 1978 and a permanent lunar base by 1981.[3] NERVA rockets would be used for nuclear "tugs" designed to take payloads from Low Earth Orbit to larger orbits, resupply of several space stations in various orbits around the Earth and Moon, and support for a permanent lunar base. The NERVA rocket would also be used in the Saturn S-N, an upper stage for the Saturn V rocket' upgrading the Saturn's low Earth orbit (LEO) capability to {{convert|340,000|lb|t}}.[3] {{Clear}}Space station module{{Expand section|date=January 2013}}Projected program cost{{Empty section|date=March 2013}}References1. ^{{cite journal|last1=Portree|first1=David S.F.|title=Integrated Program Plan "Maximum Rate" Traffic Model (1970)|journal=Wired|date=April 18, 2012|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/04/integrated-program-plan-maximum-rate-traffic-model-1970/}} 2. ^Space Task Group Report, "Program Objectives", 4.b. 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=Nuclear Rockets: To Mars and Beyond |work= National Security Science Magazine |url=https://www.lanl.gov/science/NSS/issue1_2011/story4full.shtml|publisher=Los Alamos National Laboratory|language=en}} {{PD-notice}} Further reading
| last = Wade | first = Mark | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Space Tug | work = Encyclopedia Astronautica | publisher = | date = | url = http://www.astronautix.com/craft/spacetug.htm | doi = | accessdate = June 15, 2011 }}
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