The viewgraph presentation reports the results of the Decadal Planning Team's study of a short-stay mission to Mars. The report includes ground rules and assumptions; trajectory options, including a flyby of Venus on the return trip; a systems overview including transit habitat, descent/ascent vehicles, and interplanetary transportation; technology needs; and an architecture summary that reviews strengths and weaknesses of the plans, issues and follow-on work, and remaining work.
DPT Mars Short-Stay Mission Architecture Status: Mid-Term (2018) Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System Option
2007
43 pages
Report
No indication
English
DPT Mars Long-Stay Mission Architecture Status
NTIS | 2007
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TIBKAT | 2023
|The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission: 2018 Status
NTRS | 2018
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