Ion Engine Propelled Earth-MARS Cycler with Nuclear Thermal Propelled TransferVehicle, Volume 2

摘要

The goal of this project was to perform a preliminary design of a long term,reusable transportation system between earth and Mars which would be capable of providing both artificial gravity and shelter from solar flare radiation. The heart of this system was assumed to be a Cycler spacecraft propelled by an ion propulsion system. The crew transfer vehicle was designed to be propelled by a nuclear-thermal propulsion system. Several Mars transportation system architectures and their associated space vehicles were designed.