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Future Deep Space Propulsion Systems
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
Among several potential future deep space propulsion systems, the two which are closest to realization are selected for closer consideration: solar-electric, and nuclear-electric propulsion. In particular, the paper describes a manned Mars mission using a particle bed reactor and Brayton cycle converter as power source. Technical details of the design and the mission profile of a 4-astronaut expedition to Mars, and a proposed course of action for project implementation are presented.
- Type
- III. Launch Vehicles
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 123: Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond , 1990 , pp. 355 - 362
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1990