Advanced Radioisotope Power System Enabled Titan Rover Concept with Inflatable Wheels

Details Advanced Radioisotope Power System Enabled Titan Rover Concept with Inflatable Wheels Advanced Radioisotope Power System Enabled Titan Rover Concept with Inflatable Wheels

Jan 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aipc..813..364b&link_type=abstract

SPACE TECH.& APPLIC.INT.FORUM-STAIF 2006: 10th Conf Thermophys Applic Microgravity; 23rd Symp Space Nucl Pwr & Propulsion; 4th C

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Thermoelectric, Electrogasdynamic And Other Direct Energy Conversion, Heat Engines, Heat Pumps, Heat Pipes, Spaceborne And Space Research Instruments, Apparatus, And Components, Titan

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The Decadal Survey identified Titan as one of the top priority science destinations in the large moons category, while NASA's proposed Design Reference Mission Set ranked a Titan in-situ explorer second, after a recommended Europa Geophysical Explorer mission. This paper discusses a Titan rover concept, enabled by a single advanced Radioisotope Power System that could provide about 110 We (BOL). The concept targets the smaller Flagship or potentially the New Frontiers mission class. This MSL class rover would traverse on four 1.5 m diameter inflatable wheels during its 3 years mission duration and would use as much design and flight heritage as possible to reduce mission cost. Direct to Earth communication would remove the need for a relay orbiter. Details on the strawman instrument payload, and rover subsystems are given for this science driven mission concept. In addition, power system trades between Advanced RTG, TPV, and Advanced-Stirling and Brayton RPSs are outlined. While many possible approaches exist for Titan in-situ exploration, the Titan rover concept presented here could provide a scientifically interesting and programmatically affordable solution.

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