Earth Departure Stage - Other Uses

Other Uses

While the EDS will primarily be used for Orion lunar sortie, and later lunar outpost flights to the lunar polar regions, the EDS could also be used for the proposed Orion Asteroid Mission to a Near-Earth Asteroid, and possibly be used for the launching of the proposed 8 to 16-meter Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (AT-LAST) to the Sun-Earth L₂ Lagrange Point. The EDS itself, or a derivative of the EDS may also be used for the eventual mission to Mars after 2030.