Mars transportation system
- Author:
- Garrard, William
- Published:
- JAN 1, 1992.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Rutherford, Dave and Vano, Andrew
- Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
- Restrictions on Access:
- Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available.
- Summary:
- The University of Minnesota Advanced Space Design Program has developed a sample Mars exploration scenario. The purpose of the design project is to enhance NASA and university interaction, to provide fresh ideas to NASA, and to provide real world design problems to engineering students. The Mars Transportation System in this paper is designed to transport a crew of six astronauts to the Martian surface and return them to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) starting in the year 2016. The proposed vehicle features such advanced technologies as nuclear propulsion, nuclear power generation, and aerobraking. Three missions are planned. Orbital trajectories are of the conjunction class with an inbound Venus swingby providing a 60-day surface stay at Mars and an average total trip time of 520 days.
- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19940021196., Accession ID: 94N25689., and USRA, Proceedings of the 8th Annual Summer Conference: NASA(USRA Advanced Design Program; p 188-195.
- Terms of Use and Reproduction:
- No Copyright.
- Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
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