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Reduction of martian sample return mission launch mass with solar sail propulsion (Document No: 20140000640)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Baysinger, Mike Capizzo, Pete Maples, Dauphne Miernik, Janie Heaton, Andrew Young, Roy Thomas, Dan Fabisinski, Leo Thomas, Scott Russell, Tiffany E. Hornsby, Linda |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Solar sails have the potential to provide mass and cost savings for spacecraft traveling within the inner solar system. Companies like L'Garde have demonstrated sail manufacturability and various in-space deployment methods. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a current Mars sample return architecture and to determine how cost and mass would be reduced by incorporating a solar sail propulsion system. The team validated the design proposed by L'Garde, and scaled the design based on a trajectory analysis. Using the solar sail design reduced the required mass, eliminating one of the three launches required in the original architecture. |
| File Size | 1658687 |
| Page Count | 22 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140000640 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t90918c3f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2013-06-11 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Solar Sails Cost Reduction Weight Reduction Mars Sample Return Missions Propulsion Deployment Trajectory Analysis Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
