The following paper documents the mission and systems analysis portion of a study in which Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) is used as the in-space transportation system to send a series of robotic rovers and atmospheric science airplanes to Venus in the 2020 to 2030 timeframe. As part of the NASA RASC (Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts) program, this mission analysis is meant to identify future technologies and their application to far reaching NASA missions. The NEP systems and mission analysis is based largely on current technology state of the art assumptions. This study looks specifically at the performance of the NEP transfer stage when sending a series of different payload package point design options to Venus orbit.


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    Title :

    Nuclear Electric Propulsion Application: RASC Mission Robotic Exploration of Venus


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    40th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit ; 2004 ; Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    2004-08-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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