Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Feb 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jann.conf..663f&link_type=abstract
In JHU, The 1992 JANNAF Propulsion Meeting, Volume 1 p 663-678 (SEE N93-10001 01-20)
Computer Science
Performance
Comparison, Manned Mars Missions, Mars (Planet), Nuclear Electric Propulsion, Solar Electric Propulsion, Space Exploration, Aerobraking, Chemical Propulsion, Earth Orbits, Spacecraft Propulsion
Scientific paper
An evaluation of multimegawatt (MMW) nuclear electric propulsion (NEP) and solar electric propulsion (SEP) for a piloted Mars exploration scenario is summarized. The figures of merit used in this study were total initial mass in low Earth orbit (IMLEO) and the trip time. We compared the MMW NEP and SEP systems to an aerobraked chemical (O2/H2) propulsion system. A good performance compromise between a low IMLEO and short trip time can be obtained using MMW NEP systems; they can be both lighter and faster than the baseline chemical system. However, a MMW SEP system does not appear capable of providing as short a trip time as MMW NEP, in part due to the higher specific mass of the overall system and the non-constant power output of a SEP system.
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