A series of mission analyses were performed to evaluate human mission to Mars and the moon with and without the aid of planetary resource utilization. The types of trade studies that are considered include the use of resources to manufacture propellant, food, habitat atmospheric gases, and lander habitat structure. Also, the potential for export of resources from the moon, Mars, Phobos, Deimos, and selected asteroids is also examined. In all cases, mass leveraging is evaluated. For certain cases, economic factors are evaluated as well. It is concluded that some uses are highly leveraging on the mission, whereas others have lesser impact and, therefore, should be afforded lesser priority in resource utilization studies. This survey is made with a consistent set of scaling laws for spacecraft propulsion and habitation systems and subsystems, and therefore, provides a rational basis for comparing different resource locations and use strategies.
Survey of Resource Opportunities and Critical Evaluation of Economic Requirements (Abstract Only)
1991
1 pages
Report
No indication
English
Astronautics , Extraterrestrial Exploration , Asteroids , Extraterrestrial resources , Lunar resources , Manned mars missions , Mars (Planet) , Mission planning , Economic analysis , Lunar exploration , Construction materials , Deimos , Economic factors , Fuel production , Manned spacecraft , Phobos , Propellants , Space bases
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