A propulsion system (PEGASUS) consisting of an electric thruster driven by a multimegawatt nuclear power system is proposed for a manned Mars mission. Magnetoplasmadynamic and mercury-ion thrusters are considered, based on a mission profile containing a 510-day burn time (for a mission time of approximately 1000 days). Both thrusters are capable of meeting the mission parameters. Electric propulsion systems have significant advantages over chemical systems, because of high specific impulse, lower propellant requirements, and lower system mass. The power for the PEGASUS system is supplied by a boiling liquid-metal fast reactor. The power system consists of the reactor, reactor shielding, power conditioning subsystems, and heat rejection subsystems. It is capable of providing a maximum of 8.5 megawatts of electrical power of which 6 megawatts is needed for the thruster system, leaving 1.5 megawatts available for inflight mission applications.


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    Titel :

    PEGASUS: A multi-megawatt nuclear electric propulsion system


    Beteiligte:
    Coomes, Edmund P. (Autor:in) / Cuta, Judith M. (Autor:in) / Webb, Brent J. (Autor:in) / King, David Q. (Autor:in) / Patterson, Mike J. (Autor:in) / Berkopec, Frank (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1986-05-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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