This paper explores the costs and performance required to deliver a small-sized payload package (CubeSat-sized, for instance) to various transportation nodes en route to Mars and near-Mars destinations (such as Mars moons, Phobos and Deimos). Needed is a contemporary assessment and summary compilation of transportation metrics that factor both performance and affordability of modern and emerging delivery capabilities. The paper brings together: (a) required mass transport gear ratios in delivering payload from Earths surface to the Mars vicinity, (b) the cyclical energy required for delivery, and (c) the affordability and availability of various means of transporting material across various Earth-Moon vicinity and Near-Mars vicinity nodes relevant to Mars transportation. Examples for unit deliveries are computed and tabulated, using a CubeSat as a unit, for periodic near-Mars delivery campaign scenarios.


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    Title :

    Cost-Performance Parametrics for Transporting Small Packages to the Mars Vicinity


    Contributors:
    McCleskey, C. (author) / Lepsch, Roger A. (author) / Martin, J. (author) / Popescu, M. (author)

    Conference:

    2015 Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange (CRASTE) ; 2015 ; Chantilly, VA, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-06-21


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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