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While the goal of colonization is to achieve some high degree of self-sufficiency, eliminating a reliance on supply from Earth or elsewhere, a robust routine transportation system will still be necessary to support these new lunar and planetary branches of civilization. When supplying early outposts a transportation strategy based on transporting single-use landing craft whole makes sense and, as we have discussed previously, economizing on this through the use of ‘rough’ lander systems for cargo is key to the telerobotic pre-settlement strategy. But as the settlement approaches the status of a permanent colony and more routinely deals in human traffic than cargo, a different strategy for transit will be necessary that can employ local resources and reusable vehicles in transit. Routine tr

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rdfs:comment	While the goal of colonization is to achieve some high degree of self-sufficiency, eliminating a reliance on supply from Earth or elsewhere, a robust routine transportation system will still be necessary to support these new lunar and planetary branches of civilization. When supplying early outposts a transportation strategy based on transporting single-use landing craft whole makes sense and, as we have discussed previously, economizing on this through the use of ‘rough’ lander systems for cargo is key to the telerobotic pre-settlement strategy. But as the settlement approaches the status of a permanent colony and more routinely deals in human traffic than cargo, a different strategy for transit will be necessary that can employ local resources and reusable vehicles in transit. Routine tr
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abstract	While the goal of colonization is to achieve some high degree of self-sufficiency, eliminating a reliance on supply from Earth or elsewhere, a robust routine transportation system will still be necessary to support these new lunar and planetary branches of civilization. When supplying early outposts a transportation strategy based on transporting single-use landing craft whole makes sense and, as we have discussed previously, economizing on this through the use of ‘rough’ lander systems for cargo is key to the telerobotic pre-settlement strategy. But as the settlement approaches the status of a permanent colony and more routinely deals in human traffic than cargo, a different strategy for transit will be necessary that can employ local resources and reusable vehicles in transit. Routine transorbital transit to these destinations in the solar system will become based on reusable vessels that carry only what is necessary for that transorbital journey, optimizing passenger comfort. On arrival, they will be serviced by reusable surface shuttle vehicles optimized for the task of transferring people and cargo between orbit and surface and relying on locally produced fuels and service components. As traffic volumes increase, orbital way-stations –space stations dedicated to the task of ‘buffering’ transit– may be employed to allow long and short haul transit to function with some independence of one another so as to improve their efficiency, support a larger number of incoming and outgoing transit ‘windows’ for different destinations in the solar system, and provide contingencies for minor transit delays or emergencies. In this article we will examine some of the possible surface shuttle designs likely to be developed during the Avalon development phase.

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