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Apollo LM Taxi
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American manned lunar lander. Cancelled 1968. The LM Taxi was essentially the basic Apollo LM modified for extended lunar surface stays.

AKA: LM Taxi. Status: Cancelled 1968. Thrust: 44.04 kN (9,901 lbf). Gross mass: 14,700 kg (32,400 lb). Unfuelled mass: 4,200 kg (9,200 lb). Specific impulse: 311 s. Height: 6.37 m (20.89 ft).

This was expected to be the workhorse of both Apollo Applications Extended Lunar Surface Missions beginning in 1970 and still be used to shuttle crews to the surface to larger LESA (Lunar Exploration System for Apollo) in the mid- to late- 1970's.

Changes included additional water, oxygen, LH2, and Lox tankage in the descent stage in the payload bays; fuel cells in the ascent stage; a redundant Lox tank in the ascent stage over the back of the LM; and additional micrometeorite and radiation shielding. This would permit the LM to accommodate a crew of three with the capability for a 14-day quiescent (inactive) lunar stay time, in addition to 3 days (active) operational time. The LM Taxi would land near the previously-landed LM Shelter or LESA Shelter, where the crew would spend most of its time during surface explorations lasting from 14 days to three months.

Crew Size: 3. Habitable Volume: 6.65 m3. Spacecraft delta v: 3,700 m/s (12,100 ft/sec).



Family: Lunar Landers, Moon. Country: USA. Spacecraft: LESA Lunar Base, AES Lunar Base, ALSS Lunar Base. Launch Vehicles: Saturn V. Propellants: N2O4/Aerozine-50. Agency: Grumman. Bibliography: 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 26.
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