Preliminary analysis and design of powered earth-mars cycling trajectories

K. Joseph Chen; Damon F. Landau; T. Troy Mcconaghy; Masataka Okutsu; James M. Longuski; Buzz Aldrin

Preliminary analysis and design of powered earth-mars cycling trajectories

K. Joseph Chen, Damon F. Landau, T. Troy Mcconaghy, Masataka Okutsu, James M. Longuski, Buzz Aldrin

Division of Engineering and Science (Abington)

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Abstract

We discuss preliminary results on constructing a powered cycler from semi-cycler trajectories. We present a powered cycler with reasonable transfer times and low encounter velocities. In addition, we develop a metric for evaluating cycler designs in comparison to other mission-to-Mars scenarios. The metric suggests that as vehicle mass (with respect to propellant mass) increases, the most advantageous system progresses from a "Design Reference Mission" scenario to Semi-Cyclers to Cyclers, which is highly indicative of how a human Mars transportation system might evolve.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit
Publisher	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
ISBN (Print)	9781624101243
State	Published - Jan 1 2002
Event	AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit 2002 - Monterey, CA, United States Duration: Aug 5 2002 → Aug 8 2002

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Other	AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit 2002
Country/Territory	United States
City	Monterey, CA
Period	8/5/02 → 8/8/02

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Chen, KJ, Landau, DF, Mcconaghy, TT, Okutsu, M, Longuski, JM & Aldrin, B 2002, Preliminary analysis and design of powered earth-mars cycling trajectories. in AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc., AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit 2002, Monterey, CA, United States, 8/5/02.

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