The paper describes the first step in the feasibility demonstration of a novel low cost Mars Sample Return Transfer Sequence (STS) that does not require cleaning and sterilization of the entire spacecraft. The proposed STS relies on ability to collect (and in the future deliver to Earth) Earth-contamination-free samples from a spacecraft that was cleaned only to the levels achieved on the Pathfinder.
Earth contamination free sample acquisition from an Earth Contaminated Spacecraft
2001 IEEE Aerospace Conference
2000-10-23
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Stability Analysis on Earth Observing System AM-1 Spacecraft Earth Acquisition
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