It is shown that problem of Mercury flights, in terms of velocity requirements, are of same order as those involved in flights to Moon, Mars and Venus; major aspects of exploration of mercury include possibility of finding large quantities of frozen light elements (particularly carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen) on dark side and possible value of tenuous atmosphere in decelerating spacecraft prior to landing; table includes total velocity change requirements for various astronautical objectives in inner solar system; 4 missions are considered for manned and unmanned vehicles.


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    Title :

    Mercury missions seen more useful than Mars, Venus probes


    Additional title:

    Missiles Rockets


    Contributors:
    Cole, D.M. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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