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Trajectories for high specific impulse high specific power deep space exploration
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Polsgrove, T. Adams, R. B. |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Description | Preliminary results are presented for two methods to approximate the mission performance of high specific impulse high specific power vehicles. The first method is based on an analytical approximation derived by Williams and Shepherd and can be used to approximate mission performance to outer planets and interstellar space. The second method is based on a parametric analysis of trajectories created using the well known trajectory optimization code, VARITOP. This parametric analysis allows the reader to approximate payload ratios and optimal power requirements for both one-way and round-trip missions. While this second method only addresses missions to and from Jupiter, future work will encompass all of the outer planet destinations and some interstellar precursor missions. |
| File Size | 591343 |
| Page Count | 10 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20030006268 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7mq00c0g |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2002-07-10 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Space Missions Deep Space Spacecraft Trajectories Specific Impulse Space Exploration Trajectory Optimization Computer Programs Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
