SCIENCE OPERATIONS

SPACEFLIGHT SCHEDULE

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The last 20 Space Shuttle flights for the Quarter will be used for scientific endeavors.

Fourteen shuttles will be needed for orbital science, with the majority of the flights used for rocket propellant (Table 1).

ITEM	UNITS	RVs
SCIENCE EQUIPMENT	6	6
SCIENCE OV REFILL	2	2
EXPEDITIONARY OV REFILL	6	6
TOTAL		14

Table 1: Orbital Science

The propellant will be used to boost science equipment and personnel to a higher orbit.

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Only one set of science equipment will head to the lunar surface every Quarter. The rest of the shuttle flights will be used to refill the propellant tanks of a Cislunar Vehicle (CV).

ITEM	UNITS	RVs
SCIENCE EQUIPMENT	1	1
CV REFILL	5	5
TOTAL		6

Table 2: Lunar Science

Lunar Vehicles operating from the Moon will bring the science equipment down to the lunar surface.

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