Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005acaau..57..444f&link_type=abstract
Acta Astronautica, Volume 57, Issue 2-8, p. 444-454.
Physics
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Scientific paper
A study was conducted that shows how a single radioisotope electric propulsion (REP) spacecraft design could be used for various missions throughout the solar system. This spacecraft design is based on an REP feasibility design from a study performed by NASA Glenn Research Center and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The study also identifies technologies that need development to enable these missions. The mission baseline for the REP feasibility design study is a Trojan asteroid orbiter. This mission sends an REP spacecraft to Jupiter's leading Lagrange point where it would orbit and examine several Trojan asteroids. The spacecraft design from the REP feasibility study would also be applicable to missions to the Centaurs, and through some change of payload configuration could accommodate a comet sample-return mission. Missions to small bodies throughout the outer solar system are also within reach of this spacecraft design. This set of missions, utilizing the common REP spacecraft design, is examined, and required design modifications for specific missions are outlined.
Fiehler Douglas
Oleson Steven
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