Cycling Space Ship Transportation Device for Continuous Link Between Earth andMARS

摘要

Vehicle concepts that provide reliable, safe, and cost effective spacetransportation of passengers and cargo are reviewed. One subject of current surveys is a large spacecraft that follows elliptical trajectories around the Sun and periodically meets Earth and Mars without ever being slowed down near one of the two planets. Small passenger and cargo transfer vehicles link the surface of Earth and Mars with the spaceship. This strategy allows large quantitites of cargo and many passengers to travel continuously from Earth to Mars and back. The major advantage of this concept is to accelerate the large spacecraft only once and save tremendous quantities of fuel by using smaller vehicles with less need for velocity to travel between the spaceship and the planet surfaces.