Artificial gravity and abort scenarios via tethers for human missions to mars

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 883-889

  Jokic, Michael D ^a,c,d   Longuski, James M ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GRAVITATION; PROPELLANTS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE RESEARCH; TETHERLINES; TRAJECTORIES;

ABORTS; ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY; HUMAN MISSIONS; MISSION CONFIGURATIONS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 27644494756     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.6121     Document Type: Article

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