Title :
Heavy-lift contributions to a human mission to Mars
Author :
Monk, Tim ; Holladay, Jon ; Jaap, John ; Baggett, Keithe ; Pinson, Robin ; Dux, Ian ; Hopkins, Jason ; Brown, Chad
Abstract :
The reference heavy-lift launch vehicle (Ares V) for NASA´s Constellation Program served as the Point of Departure for Mars Design Reference Architecture 5.0 (DRA 5.0). The Ares V vehicle consists of two 5-segment reusable solid rocket boosters, a Core Stage with five liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engines, and a combination upper stage and Earth Departure Stage (EDS) powered by one liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engine.
Keywords :
Mars; aerospace instrumentation; aerospace propulsion; rocket engines; space vehicles; Ares V vehicle; DRA 5.0; Design Reference Architecture 5.0; Earth departure stage; Mars; NASA Constellation Program; core stage; heavy-lift launch vehicle; human mission; liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engines; solid rocket boosters; Chemicals; Low earth orbit satellites; Mars; Orbits; Payloads; Propulsion; Vehicles; 9-launch campaign; Ares V; Chemical propulsion; DRA5.0; EDS; MTV; Mars; NTP;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7350-2
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2011.5747484
