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Identifying accessible near-earth objects for crewed missions with solar electric propulsion
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Smet, Stijn De Aziz, Jonathan Barbee, Brent W. Parker, Jeffrey S. Herman, Jonathan F. C. Englander, Jacob A. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | This paper discusses the expansion of the Near-Earth Object Human Space Flight Accessible Targets Study (NHATS) with Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP). The research investigates the existence of new launch seasons that would have been impossible to achieve using only chemical propulsion. Furthermore, this paper shows that SEP can be used to significantly reduce the launch mass and in some cases the flight time of potential missions as compared to the current, purely chemical trajectories identified by the NHATS project. |
| File Size | 1794467 |
| Page Count | 19 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20150018798 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4mm1b907 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2015-08-09 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Asteroid Mission Design Trajectory Optimization Payload Mass Ratio Solar Electric Propulsion Propulsive Efficiency Trajectories Nasa Space Programs Targets Manned Space Flight Launch Windows Chemical Propulsion Low Earth Orbits Comparison Asteroids Near Earth Objects Mission Planning Mathematical Models Seasons Rendezvous Trajectories Flight Time Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
