Mars Sample Return (MSR) is the highest priority science mission for the next decade as recommended by the recent Decadal Survey of Planetary Science. This paper presents an overview of a feasibility study for a MSR mission. The objective of the study was to determine whether emerging commercial capabilities can be used to reduce the number of mission systems and launches required to return the samples, with the goal of reducing mission cost. The major element required for the MSR mission are described and include an integration of the emerging commercial capabilities with small spacecraft design techniques; new utilizations of traditional aerospace technologies; and recent technological developments.


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    Title :

    Mars Sample Return using commercial capabilities: Mission architecture overview




    Publication date :

    2014-03-01


    Size :

    5638585 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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