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Future Deep Space Propulsion Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Ernst Stuhlinger
Ernst Stuhlinger*
Affiliation:
3106 Rowe Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35801, U.S.A.

Abstract

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Among several potential future deep space propulsion systems, the two which are closest to realization are selected for closer consideration: solar-electric, and nuclear-electric propulsion. In particular, the paper describes a manned Mars mission using a particle bed reactor and Brayton cycle converter as power source. Technical details of the design and the mission profile of a 4-astronaut expedition to Mars, and a proposed course of action for project implementation are presented.

Type
III. Launch Vehicles
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 123: Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond , 1990 , pp. 355 - 362
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990