1. pertaining to selection and evaluation of mission and propulsion system FoM for human interplanetary missions; the most recent of these were evolved during NASA's Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) of 1988-92.11, 12In this regard, care should be exercised and literature searchesemployed by vehicle designer and mission planner alike to take advantage of, and to be consistent with, the wealth of published informationalreadyinexistence.
2. Departure orbit: low Earth orbit (300 - 400 km altitude circular,28.5” inclinedorcomparablestableorbit)