Book Description

In conjunction with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and several major aerospace corporations the University of Minnesota has developed a scenario to place humans on Mars by the year 2016. The project took the form of a year-long design course in the senior design curricula at the University's Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Department. Students worked with the instructor, teaching assistants and engineers in industry to develop a vehicle and the associated mission profile to fulfill the requirements of the Mars Transportation System. This report is a summary of the final design and the process though which the final product was developed. Unspecified Center INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MARS (PLANET); SPACE TRANSPORTATION; SPACECRAFT DESIGN; UNIVERSITY PROGRAM; AEROASSIST; AEROBRAKING; AVIONICS; INTERPLANETARY TRAJECTORIES; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATIONS; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION...