The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has long had a focus on the human exploration of space, starting with Earth orbit, progressing to the Moon, and looking forward to Mars and other deep space destinations. With current priorities aiming toward a return to the Lunar surface in 2024 as part of an extended exploration campaign that will prepare the way for the first crewed mission to Mars, it is timely to examine possible commonalities between the Lunar and Martian mission architectures, particularly in the vehicle systems. One area of potential similarity lies within the ascent phase of the missions; at a first look, the initial Artemis missions to return to the Moon and a short-duration surface stay option for a Mars mission appear similar in several regards, especially in regards to the selection of the crew size, duration of crewed flight, and general subsystem functionality. This paper will take a closer look at these similarities as they apply to the respective ascent vehicles for each planetary body and how those similarities could enable synergies between the Lunar and Mars ascent vehicles of both missions.


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    Title :

    A Parametric Assessment of Lunar and Mars Ascent Vehicle Synergy


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    ASCEND ; 2020 ; Virtual, US


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    Conference paper


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    Language :

    English




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