CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT STORAGE FOR ROUND TRIPS TO MARS AND VENUS
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Vehicle requirements and mission planning for manned space flight and exploration of mars during 1975-1985 time period
State of u.s. technology for a manned exploration of mars, including bioastronautics and communications programs, tidal history of mars and financial limitations of the space program
Function and performance of instrumentation and telemeter equipment aboard Nike-Apache sounding rocket flight numbers 14.79 UE through 14.82 UE
Venus swingby used to decelerate manned spacecraft returning from Mars
Weight and energy requirements of vehicle systems for manned exploration of Mars
Minimum propellant consumption trajectories to Mars for constant-thrust, constant-specific impulse vehicles with optimum coasting periods
Venus swingby used to decelerate manned spacecraft returning from Mars
Experiences in checking production of ultrahigh vacuum systems at contractor establishment
Communication parameters associated with Martian flyby probes and with lander and manned vehicles
Outer casing blowing and bleeding and undistorted inlet flow for improved performance of high aspect ratio transonic rotor
Crawler transport for moving Saturn 5 mobile rocket launcher complete with umbilical tower
Launch window variation using circular and elliptical parking orbits and transfer techniques, discussing Venus and Mars flyby missions
Detector package, Korad laser, and receiver efficiency of laser ranging station
Start and stop line delay calibration for laser ranging station
Computer program with predictor-corrector numerical integration subroutine for fast trajectory analysis
The nuclear reactor powered ion propulsion system described is an advanced completely modularized system which lends itself to development of prototype and/or flight type components without the need for complete system tests until late in the development program. This modularity is achieved in all of the subsystems and components of the electric propulsion system including (1) the thermionic fuel elements, (2) the heat rejection subsystem (heat pipes), (3) the power conditioning modules, and (4) the ion thrusters. Both flashlight and external fuel type in-core thermionic reactors are considered as the power source. The thermionic fuel elements would be useful over a range of reactor power levels. Electrical heated acceptance testing in their flight configuration is possible for the external fuel case. Nuclear heated testing by sampling methods could be used for acceptance testing of flashlight fuel elements. The use of heat pipes for cooling the collectors and as a means of heat transport to the radiator allows early prototype or flight configuration testing of a small module of the heat rejection subsystem as opposed to full scale liquid metal pumps and radiators in a large vacuum chamber. The power conditioner (p/c) is arranged in modules with passive cooling.
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