High-Voltage Systems / Tethers Unlimited Inc. / Reno NV / Andrews Space Technology / Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / the Boeing Company / Robert P. Hoyt Tethers Unlimited Inc. / R. Hoyt Tethers Unlimited Inc. / /
Currency
USD / /
Facility
sec Tether Transport Facility / Lunavator facility / Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / Mars Tether Transportation System / LEO⇒GTO Tether Boost Facility / This facility / NASAÕs Institute / Tether Boost Facility / American Institute of Aeronautics / Collision Avoidance A Tether Boost Facility / NASA Institute / Boost Facility / Lunar/Mars Tether Boost Facility / /
IndustryTerm
tether transportation system / minimum-energy lunar transfer orbits / identical hardware / transportation / orbital energy / aircraft carrier / currently-available rocket launch systems / technology readiness levels / higher energy orbit / facility hardware / in-space transportation / transportation architecture / technology development / minimum-energy lunar transfers / tether-based transportation architecture / food / satellite deployment / electrodynamic tether systems / fullyreusable low-cost in-space transportation architecture / zero-propellant infrastructure / advantageous compared chemical rockets / minimum-energy transfer trajectories / tether transport systems / in-space transportation architecture / momentum-exchange tether systems / tether transportation architecture / conventional rocket systems / technology needs / round-trip travel / satellite traffic / frequent round-trip travel / technology tent poleÓ / satellite venture / in-space propulsion systems / tether transportation systems / ap propriate solutions / orbit transfer systems / solar power systems / transportation system / /
Organization
Mars mission / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics / NASA Institute / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASAÕs Institute for Advanced Concepts / /
AIAACOMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A TETHER TRANSPORT SYSTEM R. Hoyt Tethers Unlimited, Inc., Seattle, WA