Aiaa Space 2016 2016
DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-5493
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Cis-Lunar Reusable In-Space Transportation Architecture for the Evolvable Mars Campaign

Abstract: Human exploration missions to Mars or other destinations in the solar system require large quantities of propellant to enable the transportation of required elements from Earth's sphere of influence to Mars. Current and proposed launch vehicles are incapable of launching all of the requisite mass on a single vehicle; hence, multiple launches and in-space aggregation are required to perform a Mars mission. This study examines the potential of reusable chemical propulsion stages based in cis-lunar space to meet … Show more

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“…We consider designing a lunar ISRU system to meet an annual demand of oxygen production: 𝐷 [kg per year]. This value is considered to be 50,000 kg/year in this study, which falls under the range of the propellant demand in cislunar space for Mars space exploration [17]. We compare the following two approaches to achieve this demand:…”
Section: Overview Of the Case Studymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We consider designing a lunar ISRU system to meet an annual demand of oxygen production: 𝐷 [kg per year]. This value is considered to be 50,000 kg/year in this study, which falls under the range of the propellant demand in cislunar space for Mars space exploration [17]. We compare the following two approaches to achieve this demand:…”
Section: Overview Of the Case Studymentioning
confidence: 99%