Optimization of missions to Mars for rob
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A. Miele; T. Wang; S. Mancuso
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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This paper presents an assessment of some fundamental issues of orbital transfers for round-trip Mars missions, in particular, the interplay between flight time, characteristic velocity, and mass ratio for both robotic and manned missions. For robotic missions, the best trajectory is the minimum ene