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Could a modified Apollo spacecraft have been used to do a manned misson to Phobos?


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They could raise edible plants, which don't even need to eat.

According to a quick google the average american male consumes about 1 ton of food a year. Stocking astronauts with some high energy density food you could probably have them survive on about 800kg of food per person per year. I don't know how much kg of greenhouse material you need to sustain a human, but I somehow think that you need a VERY long journey to have it outperform canned food.

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The failure to recognize that astronauts need a lot of air food and water is the reason I think that adding realistic life support to KSP should be the devs #1 highest priority, lots of people are getting really silly misunderstandings about space travel.

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Another Ares thought bubble:

1. If we bulge out the Central Corridor where it links to the Doughnut, we might have a good radiation shelter/ zero-G lab.

2. How viable would a Titanium Aerobrake shield on the Docking Pier be?

3. Heavy Lifting Lander: Possible Ares payload for use with a extended Mars Base. Imagine a squat cylinder with a reusable payload fairing on top, and LH2/O2 engines on the bottom. Again, uses parachutes for landing, but has it's own landing legs this time. Could be used for ferrying heavier payloads from the Martian surface to Ares and back.

We'll probably need onsite LH2/O2 production for 3, though. Mars Colony ahoy!

Also:

Ares Cargo: a follow on craft to the Ares, if a Mars Colony is established

Same Service Module, but the whole craft is on remote control/autopilot. Instead of a crew area, there is a box-like Cargo Hold(assembled in space) around the Central Corridor(which is now filled with computer equipment and supports). The entire outer walls of the Hold split open on command to allow access to the cargo. Used to ferry materials, fuel, and equipment to, and eventually from, the Mars Colony.

And Ares SpaceLiner: A personnel transport, which replaces lab equipment with more crew spaces, as well as expanding the Doughnut and shortening the Docking Pier. Carries 40-50 personnel, but needs shuttles/Landers on arrival.

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