The transportation options for manned Mars missions being considered for the Space Exploration Initiative are discussed. Seven candidate architectures are examined and compared: cryogenic/aerobraking, nuclear-electric propulsion, solar electric propulsion, nuclear rocket propulsion, L-based cryogenic/aerobraking, direct cryogenic/aerobraking, and cycler orbits. The rationales for choosing each one are presented, and cost considerations are addressed.
Overview of Mars transportation options and issues
1990-09-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
Overview of Mars transportation options and issues
AIAA | 1990
|Mars Surface Transportation Options
NTRS | 1986
|Mars Surface Transportation Options
NTIS | 1986
|Earth-Mars Transportation Opportunities: Promising Options for Interplanetary Transportation
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2000
|Future space transportation options - Overview
AIAA | 1986
|