Over time, it becomes clear that various members of the crew have gone crazy and that Shane is, more or less, the only one left. Assuming the role of Shane Newehart, you’re essentially tasked with figuring out what’s going on concerning the surface of Mars. This isn’t something that I really relish in saying simply because it means that there’s not a lot to discuss outside of the main plot that won’t give away the ending. Blue Origin’s architecture also prepares for that future day when lunar ice can be used to manufacture LOX and LH2 propellants on the Moon.īlue Origin and its partners are already at work and are excited to be on this journey with NASA.I won’t get very into the plot of this game since, if I did, I would spoil the entire experience. Future missions beyond the Moon, and enabling capabilities such as high-performance nuclear thermal propulsion, will benefit greatly from storable LH2. Under SLD, we will develop and fly solar-powered 20-degree Kelvin cryocoolers and the other technologies required to prevent LOX-LH2 boil-off. Through this contract, we will move the state of the art forward by making high-performance LOX-LH2 a storable propellant combination. Nevertheless, lower performing but more easily storable propellants (such as hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide as used on the Apollo lunar landers) have been favored for these missions because of the problematic boil-off of LOX-LH2 during their long mission timelines.

The high-specific impulse of LOX-LH2 provides a dramatic advantage for high-energy deep space missions. Under this contract, Blue Origin and its National Team partners will develop and fly both a lunar lander that can make a precision landing anywhere on the Moon’s surface and a cislunar transporter. Blue Origin’s National Team partners include Lockheed Martin, Draper, Boeing, Astrobotic, and Honeybee Robotics.

KENT, Wash.-( BUSINESS WIRE)-NASA has awarded a NextSTEP-2 Appendix P Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) contract to Blue Origin.

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