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English: In parallel with a GEO depot a cryogenic depot should be started in LEO. This depot could be used to top-off upper stages with propellant in orbit reducing the launch performance penalty for caring the propellant to space. This capability would have two significant advantages over not using a depot. First it would enable getting more with existing launch vehicles and second it reduce the size of future launch vehicles needed to perform missions with a single launch vehicle). Once this depot capability is operational larger missions can be performed, like going to the Moon, using existing launch vehicles reasonably soon.
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Source http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110013138_2011013651.pdf
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