In NASA's evolvable Mars campaign, transportation architectures for human missions to Mars rely on a combination of solar electric propulsion and chemical propulsion systems. Minimizing the Mars ascent vehicle (MAV) mass is critical in reducing the overall lander mass and also eases the requirements placed on the transportation stages. This paper presents the results of a conceptual design study to obtain a minimal MAV configuration, including subsystem designs and mass summaries.
Mars Ascent Vehicle Design for Human Exploration
AIAA SPACE 2015 ; 2015 ; Pasadena, CA, United States
2015-08-31
Conference paper
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English
Mars Ascent Vehicle Design for Human Exploration
NTIS | 2015
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