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EXPERT: Mars Sample Return architecture assessment study

Wed, 02/01/2023 - 17:33
Start Date: 
2017
Programme: 
Discovery
End Date: 
2018
Programme Reference: 
17/M-03-01
Country: 
Spain
Contractor: 
Deimos Madrid
Status: 
Closed
Description: 

Several hundred mission scenarios were analysed with a high level of detail both at mission analysis and mass budget level, to properly identify robust and feasible solutions. Three of them make use of both staging and aero-braking to reduce the spacecraft wet mass (mass with fuel), and they all rely either on chemical propulsion or on a mixed system combining a chemical engine with two very powerful electrical thrusters (ARM engines).

Application Domain: 
Generic Technologies
Technology Domain: 
13 - Automation, Telepresence & Robotics
Competence Domain: 
6-Life & Physical Science Payloads, Life Support, Robotics & Automation
Keywords: 
Pre-Phase A
Mars
Exploration
Executive summary: