In 1998 Patel et al searched for Earth-Mars free-return trajectories that leave Earth, fly by Mars, and return to Earth without any deterministic maneuvers after Trans-Mars Injection. They found fast trajectory opportunities occurring two times every 15 years with a 1.4-year duration, significantly less than most Mars free return trajectories, which take up to 3.5 years. This paper investigates these fast trajectories. It also determines the launch and life support feasibility of flying such a mission using hardware expected to be available in time for an optimized fast trajectory opportunity in January, 2018.


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    Title :

    Feasibility analysis for a manned mars free-return mission in 2018




    Publication date :

    2013-03-01


    Size :

    1678427 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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