Comparative analysis of current NASA human Mars mission architectures

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 745-751

  Donahue, Benjamin B ^a   Cupples, Mike L ^b  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b DESE Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; CATAPULTS (AIRCRAFT LAUNCHERS); EARTH (PLANET); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR FUELS; ORBITAL TRANSFER; ORBITS; PROPELLANTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

AEROCAPTURES; NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSIONS (NTP);

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0035438873     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3741     Document Type: Article

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