With the demonstration of the NSTAR propulsion system on the Deep Space One mission, the range of the Discovery class of NASA missions can now be expanded. NSTAR lacks, however, sufficient performance for many of the more challenging Office of Space Science (OSS) missions. Recent studies have shown that NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) ion propulsion system is the best choice for many exciting potential OSS missions including outer planet exploration and inner solar system sample returns. The NEXT system provides the higher power, higher specific impulse, and higher throughput required by these science missions.


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    Title :

    Mission Advantages of NEXT: NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster


    Contributors:
    S. Oleson (author) / L. Gefert (author) / S. Benson (author) / M. Patterson (author) / M. Noca (author)

    Publication date :

    2002


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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