AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition · 2015 · 36 citations · 9 references
EngineeringAerospace EngineeringAerospace StructuresPropulsionSpacecraft DesignHuman-rated Spacecraft DesignPlanetary ExplorationPropulsion IntegrationPropulsion SystemsSpace ExplorationSpacecraft ConfigurationChemical PropulsionMars DescentMass OptimizationMinimum Mass DesignPlanetary Mission DesignPropulsion System DesignSubsystem AllocationVehicle Design
In NASA's evolvable Mars campaign, transportation architectures for human missions to Mars rely on a combination of solar electric propulsion and chemical propulsion systems. Minimizing the Mars ascent vehicle (MAV) mass is critical in reducing the overall lander mass and also eases the requirements placed on the transportation stages. This paper presents the results of a conceptual design study to obtain a minimal MAV configuration, including subsystem designs and mass summaries.
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The Evolvable Mars Campaign - study status
Douglas A. Craig, Nicole Herrmann, Patrick A. Troutman · 2015 · 50 citations
Mars conjunction crewed missions with a reusable hybrid architecture
Raymond G. Merrill, Nathan Strange, Min Qu et al. · 2015 · 30 citations · Full text
Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Hybrid Vehicle Systems +14