Experience gained in the study of artificial gravity for a manned trip to Mars is reviewed, and a snowflake-configured interplanetary vehicle cluster of habitat modules, descent vehicles, and propulsion systems is presented. An evolutionary design is described which permits sequential upgrading from five to nine crew members, an increase of landers from one to as many a three per mission, and an orderly, phased incorporation of advanced technologies as they become available.
Artificial gravity Mars spaceship
1989-10-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
NTRS | 1991
|NTIS | 1991
|Mars Manned Fusion Spaceship (AAS 90-207)
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997
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