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Terrapin technologies manned Mars mission proposalA Manned Mars Mission (M3) design study is proposed. The purpose of M3 is to transport 10 personnel and a habitat with all required support systems and supplies from low Earth orbit (LEO) to the surface of Mars and, after an eight-man surface expedition of 3 months, to return the personnel safely to LEO. The proposed hardware design is based on systems and components of demonstrated high capability and reliability. The mission design builds on past mission experience, but incorporates innovative design approaches to achieve mission priorities. Those priorities, in decreasing order of importance, are safety, reliability, minimum personnel transfer time, minimum weight, and minimum cost. The design demonstrates the feasibility and flexibility of a Waverider transfer module.
Document ID
19900016711
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Amato, Michael (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Bryant, Heather (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Coleman, Rodney (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Compy, Chris (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Crouse, Patrick (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Crunkleton, Joe (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Hurtado, Edgar (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Iverson, Eirik (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Kamosa, Mike (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Kraft, Lauri (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1990
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.26:186838
ENAE-412
NASA-CR-186838
UM-AERO-90-27
Accession Number
90N26027
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGT-21-002-800
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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