NASA's ultimate goal is the human exploration of Mars. Among the many difficult aspects of a trip to Mars is the return mission that would transport the astronauts from the Martian surface back into Mars orbit. One possible conceptual design to accomplish this task is a two-stage Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV). In order to assess this design, a general layout and configuration for the spacecraft must be developed. The objective of my internship was to model a conceptual MAV design to support NASA's latest human Mars mission architecture trade studies, technology prioritization decisions, and mass, cost, and schedule estimates.


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    Title :

    Habitable Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) Concept


    Contributors:
    V. Dang (author) / M. Rucker (author)

    Publication date :

    2013


    Size :

    21 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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