Technical feasibility is studied by Marshall Space Flight Center of sending manned reconnaissance flyby missions to Mars and Venus; 1975 Venus mission of 380 to 394 days and 1978 Mars mission of 661 to 691 days duration were investigated and vehicles and propulsion systems considered; manned Mars and Venus reconnaissance flyby missions appear feasible in mid and late 1970's assuming all chemical propulsion and using Saturn/Apollo hardware; missions require extensions to Saturn/Apollo technology state of art in following areas -- lifetime of astrionic systems, orbital operations/tanking, internal power-supply systems, and life-support system.
On practicality of manned planetary flyby missions
ASME -- Paper
ASME Meeting AV-9 ; 1965 Interplanetary
1965
7 pages
Conference paper
English
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