Forerunner MTV
Forerunner is the first reusable Mars Transfer Vehicle. Initially built and tested in lunar orbit, it is tasked with carrying humanity to and from the red planet. It features:
- a large forward habitat module housing a crew of 3
- a crew vehicle for transferring to landers or stations pre-placed in Mars orbit
- a dorsal docking port with articulated clamp to secure the crew vehicle while under thrust
- a ventral airlock for extravehicular activities
- actively-cooled propellant tanks
- vacuum-optimized methalox engines
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