Long range mobility on Mars

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May 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jbis...45..203z&link_type=abstract

British Interplanetary Society, Journal (ISSN 0007-094X), vol. 45, no. 5, May 1992, p. 203-210.

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Ballistic Vehicles, Manned Mars Missions, Mars Surface, Propulsion System Performance, Rocket Vehicles, Roving Vehicles, Carbon Dioxide, Extravehicular Activity, Internal Combustion Engines, Methane, Space Exploration

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Alternative methods for enabling human explorers to achieve long range mobility on the surface of Mars are discussed. Vehicle types considered include ground rovers, winged and lighter-than-air atmospheric vehicles and suborbital ballistic vehicles making use of rocket propulsion. Energy sources considered for such vehicles include batteries, fuel cells, radioisotope generators, solar photovoltaics, chemical combustion engines and nuclear reactors. It is found that the production of fuels and propellants from indigenous Martian resources greatly enhances the potential for long range mobility, so much so that it may be considered the essential central element of any manned Mars exploration strategy.

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