COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF BALLISTIC AND LOW-THRUST VEHICLES FOR FLIGHT TO MARS

J. Irving, Ernest Blum

OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1958 · 39 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

A ballistic and a low-thrust (ion propulsion) rocket are compared as to payload for a round-trip flight to Mars. (TR..H.)