Vehicle design requirements of a reusable system for manned Mars missions which employ aerocapturing techniques to obtain desired orbital velocities are defined. Requirements for vehicle L/D and ballistic coefficient are determined for expected aerocapture velocities. Conclusions are presented concerning g-loads environment and TPS requirements for a vehicle that aerocaptures at Mars and Earth. Although the goal of a reusable system (based on current state-of-art technologies) was not obtained, the viability of aerocapture at Mars and Earth was established.


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    Title :

    Manned MARS Mission Vehicle Design Requirements for Aerocapture


    Contributors:
    O. Hill (author) / R. O. Wallace (author)

    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    15 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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