A concept is presented for a flyby mission of the planet. The mission was sized for the 2001 time period, has a crew of three, uses all propulsive maneuvers, and requires 442 days. Such a flyby mission results in significantly smaller vehicles than would a landing mission, but of course loses the value of the landing and the associated knowledge and prestige. Stay time in the planet vicinity is limited to the swingby trajectory but considerable time still exists for enroute science and research experiments. All propulsive braking was used in the concept due to unacceptable g-levels associated with aerobraking on this trajectory. LEO departure weight for the concept is approximately 594,000 pounds.


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    Title :

    Manned Mars Flyby Mission and Configuration Concept


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Manned Mars Missions Workshop ; 1985 ; Huntsville, AL, US



    Publication date :

    1986-05-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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