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Northrop Grumman outlines HALO plans for Gateway’s central module
nasaspacefilght.com ^ | 08/07/2020 | Chris Gebhardt

Posted on 08/08/2020 8:33:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin

With the first two major elements of NASA’s Lunar Gateway under contract and development, Northrop Grumman has outlined their plans for the overall Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module, which will serve as the primary habitation and nexus for the lunar station.

HALO will now launch in a fully integrated configuration with Maxar’s Power and Propulsion Element — a change that has brought about alterations to HALO. The duo will launch aboard a yet-to-be-officially confirmed rocket from the Florida spaceport in 2023.

The cargo items now excluded from launching on HALO will have to be delivered separately on a future resupply mission, potentially on SpaceX’s Dragon XL craft — which is to-date the only confirmed resupply vehicle for the Gateway.

A few significant changes to HALO itself stemming from the co-manifested launch include the elimination of the service module, which would have provided propulsion and power to HALO as it went out to lunar orbit and docked with the PPE. Those elements will now be controlled by the PPE using systems already planned for the element.

This reduces the overall cost for NASA by eliminating a launch and reducing the technical risk to the Gateway by removing the PPE/HALO docking maneuver.

But even with those eliminations, Northrop Grumman still had to find other ways to reduce HALO’s mass to meet the new dual-launch requirement.

(Excerpt) Read more at nasaspaceflight.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: gateway; halo; northropgrumman

1 posted on 08/08/2020 8:33:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

They HAD to name it, “HALO”, didn’t they?


2 posted on 08/08/2020 8:34:38 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: BenLurkin

Screw putting HALO on the moon. Put them in Portland to fight the commies.


3 posted on 08/08/2020 8:44:09 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: BenLurkin

Not that impressed with NG


4 posted on 08/08/2020 8:52:09 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1, Today's Special, Half Baked: 50c)
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To: BenLurkin

5 posted on 08/08/2020 9:15:29 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
We need a powerhouse company to make a RoboCop!

We can then put it in Spaceforce.

6 posted on 08/08/2020 9:26:20 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Bikkuri

7 posted on 08/08/2020 9:42:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Bikkuri

Win.


8 posted on 08/08/2020 10:17:57 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: Bikkuri

One of these days, I’m gonna make a stiff martini, sit and play that game.


9 posted on 08/08/2020 10:22:41 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: BenLurkin

Heechee prayer fans?


10 posted on 08/08/2020 10:55:31 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Tacrolimus1mg
They HAD to name it, “HALO”, didn’t they?

High Altitude Low Opening is what it's always meant to me. For you non-military/non-skydiver types, that refers to jumping out of an aircraft at a high altitude and opening your parachute close to the ground.

11 posted on 08/08/2020 11:42:55 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: BenLurkin
This was drawn up in the 1930's -- patent later on...look familiar Roswell ... ?

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/flying-saucer-patents-alexander-weygers
12 posted on 08/09/2020 4:37:47 AM PDT by Patriot_MP (Of the Troops, For the Troops - US of A Always. Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: BenLurkin

Seriously, the source shows a picture of the lunar lander. It has 4 huge solar panels.

That’s great on the half month long lunar day, but what about the half month long lunar night?


13 posted on 08/09/2020 5:28:11 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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