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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: