Progress-like logistical supply vehicle and the Mars Manned Mission architecture

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Jun 1993

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AIAA, SAE, ASME, and ASEE, Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, 29th, Monterey, CA, June 28-30, 1993, 7 p.

Physics

Cost Analysis, Earth Orbital Environments, Extravehicular Activity, Manned Mars Missions, Space Logistics, Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles, Low Cost, Space Transportation

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The paper examines the economics of the Russian Progress spacecraft (which has been used to supply Russian space stations with propellant and fresh supplies since 1978), as applied to the American Manned Mars Mission architecture. The results of the examination show that an economic American Progress-like vehicle could be designed significantly different from the Russian spacecraft. The use of a Progress-like vehicle could permit Manned Mars missions without the need for larger heavy-lift vehicles that do not now exist in the American inventory. A MIR-like Manned Mars mission architecture would also enable elimination of most of the extravehicular activity required to assemble a Mars-bound craft.

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