Wikipedia:WikiProject Spacecraft
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WikiProject Spacecraft is intended to bring together information and standardize specs regarding all types of Spacecraft: Launch Vehicles, Manned Spacecraft, Unmanned Spacecraft, and others. It will be broken down as much as needed to present a coherent collection of different types of spacecraft that have been and are still in use.
| Project | Members | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Space | 10 | No |
| Astronomy | 2 | No |
| Astronomical objects | 35 | Yes |
| Constellations | 9 | No |
| Martian Geography | 7 | Yes |
| Telescopes | 2 | No |
| Space exploration | 5 | Yes |
| Spacecraft | 0 | No |
| Launch vehicles | 6 | No |
| Mars Spacecraft | 9 | No |
| Space missions | 23 | No |
| Space travellers | 2 | No |
| Unmanned space missions | 9 | No |
| Timeline of spaceflight | 4 | No |
| Space Colonization | 11 | No |
| Moon | 4 | Yes |
Member count current as of 3 November 2006.
- WikiProjects - Directory of Space-related WikiProjects
- Members - Complete member lists of all Space-related WikiProjects
=Proposal
When NASA has build de Ares V rocket (CaLV), then it would has the possibility of send a spacecraft with Nuclear Pulse Propulsion (Medusa shaped) above the magnetosphere facing the Sun. One rocket can lift a 130 tons Medusa to LEO and another rocket send it to a High elliptical orbit. This spacecraft could reach the moon faster than projected Orion spacecraft. It could descend in the moon with a larger payload, making feasible the exploration and mining. It could return the Earth and landing using an aerobraking shield and small chemical engines. Medusa could move a large payload of minerals from Moon to Earth. Also This spacecraft could achive the long dreamed manned trip to Mars in a shorter time that current probes.
