To send a piloted mission to Mars, transportation systems must be developed for the Earth to Orbit, trans Mars injection (TMI), capture into Mars orbit, Mars descent, surface stay, Mars ascent, trans Earth injection (TEI), and Earth return phases. This paper presents a brief overview of the transportation systems for the Human Mars Mission (HMM) only in the vicinity of Mars. This includes: capture into Mars orbit, Mars descent, surface stay, and Mars ascent. Development of feasible mission scenarios now is important for identification of critical technology areas that must be developed to support future human missions. Although there is no funded human Mars mission today, architecture studies are focusing on missions traveling to Mars between 2011 and the early 2020's.


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    Title :

    An Overview of Mars Vicinity Transportation Concepts for a Human Mars Mission


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Propulsion ; 1998 ; Huntsville, AL, United States


    Publication date :

    1998-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English








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