Assessment of launch vehicle advances to enable human Mars excursions

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 563-580

  Miele, A ^a   Wang, T ^a   Mancuso, S ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AverStar Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATAPULTS (AIRCRAFT LAUNCHERS); GRADIENT METHODS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; IMPULSE NOISE; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; ITERATIVE METHODS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ORBITAL TRANSFER; VELOCITY;

HUMAN MARS EXCURSIONS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035546320     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(01)00008-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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