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Integrated In-Space Transportation Plan

Integrated In-Space Transportation Plan

Administration, National Aeronautics and

Paperback

Astronomy & Space

ISBN10: 1505568781
ISBN13: 9781505568783
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Dec 16 2014
Pages: 308
Weight: 1.58
Height: 0.64 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
Reaching the outer solar system is a struggle against time and distance. The most distant planets are 4.5 to 6 billion kilometers from the Sun and to reach them in any reasonable time requires much higher values of specific impulse than can be achieved with conventional chemical rockets. In addition, the few spacecraft that have reached beyond Jupiter have used gravity assist, mainly by Jupiter, that is only available for a few months' period every 13 or so years. This permits only very infrequent missions and mission planners are very reluctant to accept travel times greater than about ten years since this is about the maximum for which one can have a realistic program plan. Advanced In-Space Propulsion (ISP) technologies will enable much more effective exploration of our Solar System and will permit mission designers to plan missions to fly anytime, anywhere and complete a host of science objectives at the destinations with greater reliability and safety. With a wide range of possible missions and candidate propulsion technologies with very diverse characteristics, the question of which technologies are best for future missions is a difficult one. The primary focus of the IISTP Phase I efforts were to: Develop, iterate and baseline future NASA requirements for In-Space Transportation; Define preliminary integrated architectures utilizing advanced ISP technologies; Identify and prioritize ISP technologies.

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